Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) vs UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
2021
15 Watt
13.94
+210%

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by a whopping 210% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking369653
Place by popularitynot in top-10030
Power efficiency64.5420.83
Architectureno dataVega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameRocket Lake GT1Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 March 2021 (3 years ago)26 October 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 coresno data512
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

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.

Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12_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.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 13.94
+210%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4.50

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 11485
+223%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 3557

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 1768
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 10294
+482%

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.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 1613
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 2381
+47.6%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 83293
+428%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 15770

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 9013
+32915%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 27

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 HD13
−30.8%
17
+30.8%
4K30−35
+200%
10
−200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+167%
9
−167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+140%
15
−140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+160%
10
−160%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+183%
18
−183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+220%
10
−220%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+167%
9
−167%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+106%
18
−106%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+139%
18
−139%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+74.1%
58
−74.1%
Hitman 3 30−33
+233%
9
−233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+163%
30−33
−163%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+141%
22
−141%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+169%
16
−169%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+168%
19
−168%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+23.1%
65
−23.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+20%
30
−20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+550%
4−5
−550%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+364%
10−12
−364%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+220%
10
−220%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+300%
6
−300%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+270%
10
−270%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+231%
13
−231%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+94.2%
52
−94.2%
Hitman 3 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+163%
30−33
−163%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+212%
17
−212%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+330%
10
−330%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12
−33.3%
16
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+19.4%
31
−19.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+45.5%
55
−45.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+350%
8
−350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+550%
4−5
−550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+357%
7
−357%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+380%
5
−380%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+429%
7
−429%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+339%
23
−339%
Hitman 3 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+427%
15
−427%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+264%
14
−264%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+363%
8
−363%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+77.8%
45−50
−77.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+330%
10
−330%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+275%
8−9
−275%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+938%
8−9
−938%
Hitman 3 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+243%
27−30
−243%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+225%
8−9
−225%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Hitman 3 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+2533%
3−4
−2533%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+125%
4
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+133%
9
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%

This is how UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 31% faster in 1080p
  • UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is 200% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is 2700% faster.
  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 33% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is ahead in 66 tests (99%)
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.94 4.50
Recency 30 March 2021 26 October 2017

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) has a 209.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in performance tests.


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