Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.04

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking480450
Place by popularity29not in top-100
Power efficiency42.03no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameVegaTiger Lake Xe
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 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 cores51296
Boost clock speed2100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data

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 dataDDR4
Shared memory-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1DirectX 12_1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.04
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 10.04
+11.1%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 3743
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 5000
+33.6%

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
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
1440p16
+0%
16−18
+0%
4K10
+0%
10−12
+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
−5%
21−24
+5%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−10.7%
30−35
+10.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−5.3%
20−22
+5.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+0%
14−16
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−9.5%
21−24
+9.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−7.7%
27−30
+7.7%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−8.2%
65−70
+8.2%
Hitman 3 15
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−5.9%
50−55
+5.9%
Metro Exodus 35
+0%
35−40
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+22.2%
27−30
−22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
+12.5%
30−35
−12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−8.3%
65−70
+8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
+0%
16−18
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−10.7%
30−35
+10.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−5.3%
20−22
+5.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+0%
10−11
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−9.5%
21−24
+9.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−7.7%
27−30
+7.7%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−8.2%
65−70
+8.2%
Hitman 3 15
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−5.9%
50−55
+5.9%
Metro Exodus 25
−24%
30−35
+24%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−8%
27−30
+8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
−18.5%
30−35
+18.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−4%
24−27
+4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−8.3%
65−70
+8.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
+0%
14−16
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−9.5%
21−24
+9.5%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−8.2%
65−70
+8.2%
Hitman 3 14
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
+0%
24−27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
−4.3%
24−27
+4.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−85.7%
24−27
+85.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
+0%
12−14
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
+0%
21−24
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−12.8%
40−45
+12.8%
Hitman 3 10
+0%
10−11
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
−5%
21−24
+5%
Metro Exodus 17
−5.9%
18−20
+5.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+0%
16−18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−10.2%
65−70
+10.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−13.5%
40−45
+13.5%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 compete in popular games:

  • Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 9% faster in 1080p
  • A tie in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 22% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 86% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is ahead in 2 tests (4%)
  • Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is ahead in 30 tests (64%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (32%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.04 10.04
Recency 7 January 2020 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7, on the other hand, has a 11.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 months.

The Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7

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