AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.0 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 67% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,448 gflops
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 122 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 39.934
Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 705.616
Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.631
4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 13.832
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 78.867

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 11 May 2013
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 2,448 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 122 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 39.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 705.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 13.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 78.867

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 735 MHz

Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 735 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

39.934

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

705.616

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.631

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

13.832

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

78.867

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	39.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	705.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	13.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	78.867
PassMark - G3D Mark		3797
PassMark - G2D Mark		422
Geekbench - OpenCL		12854
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1466

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	29 September 2015	11 May 2013
Place in performance rating	762	764
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	797 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	823 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1536
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	102.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	122 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1536
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA