Radeon Vega 7 vs RX Vega M GL

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega M GL and Radeon Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega M GL
2018
4 GB HBM2, 65 Watt
9.88
+32.3%

RX Vega M GL outperforms Vega 7 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking455532
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Power efficiency10.4211.38
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code namePolaris 22Cezanne
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2018 (6 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 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 cores1280448
Core clock speed931 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1011 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate80.8853.20
Floating-point processing power2.588 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs8028

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).

InterfaceIGPIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeHBM2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width1024 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed700 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/sno data
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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

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 HD27−30
+22.7%
22
−22.7%
1440p40−45
+25%
32
−25%
4K21−24
+31.3%
16
−31.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

This is how RX Vega M GL and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega M GL is 23% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega M GL is 25% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega M GL is 31% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.88 7.47
Recency 1 February 2018 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

RX Vega M GL has a 32.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega M GL is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega 7 in performance tests.


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