AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
2.7x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 54.294
Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 795.325
Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.692
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 51.794
Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 174.513

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
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 54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 174.513

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 95 Watt

Core clock speed	1096 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

54.294

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

795.325

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.692

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

51.794

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

174.513

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	174.513
PassMark - G3D Mark		3377
PassMark - G2D Mark		246
Geekbench - OpenCL		10958
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1231

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell
Code name	Amethyst	GM107
Launch date	29 September 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	773	774
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1096 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	1,505 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	640
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	47.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI