It is used for the entry level Ryzen 3 APUs, which were launched in early 2018.
But the gap widens in more demanding CPU + GPU loads, such as demanding real-life games.The G14 Vega 7/8 implementations run flawlessly, as illustrated in the following logs.We’re reviewed a couple of AMD laptops in these last few weeks and I think it should be interesting to see how the Vega 7 and 8 graphics integrated with the Ryzen processors fare in benchmarks and games, as well as how they compare against Nvidia’s alternatives for ultrabooks, namely the MX250, MX330 and MX350 chips.With that in mind, let’s look over some benchmark results:Among those Nvidia options, the MX330 is a rebadged MX250 from last year, but the MX350 is a different GPU based on the GP107 chiplet, thus the most competent option here.With that in mind, let’s have a quick look at the specs sheet.The performance of these chips is going to vary significantly between implementations, as it’s highly dependent on each thermal and power design.The thermal module pays an even more important role in MX implementations, though, as it also has to handle the extra power of these Nvidia chips.With that in mind, the first part of this article focuses on the Radeon Vega 7 and 8 graphics, and we’ll talk about the MX250/MX350 alternatives further down.Now, you should only take this article as a general reference of what to expect from these platforms, and make sure to go through our detailed reviews for more in-depth tests and analysis.Simpler titles such as Dota2 run well even on the ZenBook 14, but even in this case, there’s a noticeable difference between playing with Low or High settings.The Zenbook 14 ultraportable implementation, on the other hand, clocks down aggressively to .95 – 1.2 GHz in the more demanding titles, such as Far Cry 5 or Wicher 3.They perform flawlessly in something like the G14, with the iGPUs running at 1.75 and 1.6 GHz in games and tests, so these results are pretty much the best-case you can expect from these chips. However, they won’t run at full frequencies in most of the ultraportable Ryzen U implementations, as is the case with the Zephyrus 14 UM433 included here.Older games or simpler titles such as Fortnite, LOL, Dota, Minecraft, and the likes should play well at FHD resolution with low-to-medium settings.The MX350 wins in most cases, and by a fair margin over the Vega 7 and MX250 in the same ZenBook 14 chassis.Our findings are based on several Asus G14 configurations running on Vega 7 and Vega 8 graphics.
Here’s what we got:Here are some benchmark scores: The GPU should benefit from fast dual-channel DDR4-2400 RAM (contrary to DDR4-2133 single-channel, which is also possible). We’ve yet to test an ultraportable Vega8 or Vega 6 implementation, so we’ll update with that info later on.We ran a couple of DX11, DX12, and Vulkan titles on the best-performance profiles available in each case and FHD resolution/lowest graphics settings. You can select more than one device.The AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 is an integrated GPU for laptops.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 is an integrated GPU for laptops. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX Vega 8 and Radeon RX Vega 3's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results. Now let’s look at some games. It is used for the Ryzen 5 APUs, which were launched in the end of 2017. Based on 80,007 user benchmarks for the AMD RX Vega 3 (Ryzen iGPU) and the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU), we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 639 GPUs. I specifically disabled the Nvidia GPUs to see how these Vega 7/8 chips perform in an ideal implementation with an over-competent thermal module.
The Vega 7 and 8 chips beat the MX250 implementation, though, and they should outscore the similar MX330 as well.Here’s a quick specs sheet of the Vega7 chip next to the Nvidia MX250, 330, and 350 options. AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 remove. We ran the same DX11, DX12, and Vulkan titles as before, on the best-performance profiles available in each case and FHD resolution/lowest graphics settings. AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) remove.