AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce 945A 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
4.5x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
4.5x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 28.865
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 381.898
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 1.991
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 30.793
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 107.63

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 28.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 381.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 1.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 30.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 107.63

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 95 Watt

Core clock speed	1072 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 945A

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

28.865

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

381.898

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

1.991

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

30.793

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

107.63

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce 945A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	28.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	381.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	1.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	30.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	107.63
Geekbench - OpenCL		32359
PassMark - G2D Mark		716
PassMark - G3D Mark		1852

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce 945A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell
Code name	Amethyst	GM108
Launch date	29 September 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	732	597
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1072 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	384
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	28.22 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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3