AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 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 880M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 993 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 127.1 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 3,050 gflops
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 122 Watt
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 46.273
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 777.677
Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.914
Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 38.196
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 82.511

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 127.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 3,050 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 46.273
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 38.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 82.511

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 735 MHz

Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 735 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

46.273

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

777.677

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.914

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

38.196

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

82.511

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	46.273
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	38.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	82.511
PassMark - G3D Mark		3818
PassMark - G2D Mark		333
Geekbench - OpenCL		15023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1611

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	29 September 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	773	775
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	993 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	954 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	3,050 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1536
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	127.1 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 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA