Radeon Instinct MI25 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with Radeon Instinct MI25, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.16

Instinct MI25 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a considerable 41% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking471388
Place by popularity29not in top-100
Power efficiency44.813.16
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameVegaVega 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores5124096
Core clock speedno data1400 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rateno data384.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.29 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data256

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataHBM2
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data2048 Bit
Memory clock speedno data852 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data436.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.1.125

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD22
−36.4%
30−35
+36.4%
1440p15
−40%
21−24
+40%
4K10
−40%
14−16
+40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
−35%
27−30
+35%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−39.3%
85−90
+39.3%
Hitman 3 15
−40%
21−24
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−37.3%
70−75
+37.3%
Metro Exodus 35
−28.6%
45−50
+28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−36.4%
45−50
+36.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
−38.9%
50−55
+38.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−33.3%
80−85
+33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−40%
14−16
+40%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−39.3%
85−90
+39.3%
Hitman 3 15
−40%
21−24
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−37.3%
70−75
+37.3%
Metro Exodus 25
−40%
35−40
+40%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−40%
35−40
+40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
−29.6%
35−40
+29.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−40%
35−40
+40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−33.3%
80−85
+33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−39.3%
85−90
+39.3%
Hitman 3 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
−25%
30−33
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
−30.4%
30−33
+30.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
−40%
7−8
+40%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−28.2%
50−55
+28.2%
Hitman 3 10
−40%
14−16
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
−35%
27−30
+35%
Metro Exodus 17
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−35.6%
80−85
+35.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Hitman 3 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−35.1%
50−55
+35.1%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Instinct MI25 compete in popular games:

  • Instinct MI25 is 36% faster in 1080p
  • Instinct MI25 is 40% faster in 1440p
  • Instinct MI25 is 40% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.16 12.91
Recency 7 January 2020 27 June 2017
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 300 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1900% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI25, on the other hand, has a 40.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon Instinct MI25 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon Instinct MI25 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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