AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce 940A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
7.1x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
4.7x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2002 MHz

Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2002 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 95 Watt

Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391
PassMark - G3D Mark		1107
PassMark - G2D Mark		214
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell
Code name	Amethyst	GM108
Launch date	29 September 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	732	723
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1029 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	384
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3