AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
• Around 18% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 720 MHz
• Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 92.2 billion / sec
• Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
• 2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
• Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13703 vs 12225
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.311 vs 25.421
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.334 vs 734.936
• Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.328 vs 2.31
• Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.205 vs 35.434
• 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 181.508 vs 56.706
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3571
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3571

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

• Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 200 Watt
• Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3593 vs 2810
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 374
• Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5683 vs 4396
• Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5683 vs 4396

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2810 3593
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	374 440
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	13703 12225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	40.311 25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	795.334 734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.328 2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	64.205 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	181.508 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4396 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4396 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 3336

Compare specifications (specs)