AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1240 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 55 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
  • Around 10% higher pipelines: 704 vs 640
  • Around 22% better floating-point performance: 1,760 gflops vs 1,439 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 217
  • Around 50% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14583 vs 9744
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.196 vs 2.54
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 54.784 vs 39.412
  • Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 262.35 vs 139.158
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed 1240 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate 55 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Pipelines 704 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,760 gflops vs 1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 518 vs 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 14583 vs 9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.196 vs 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.784 vs 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 262.35 vs 139.158

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

  • 3x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 2106
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 40.991
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 373.644 vs 364.578
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 3455
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1857
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3107
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 3455
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1857
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3107
  • 2.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3350 vs 1201
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2577 vs 2106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396 vs 40.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 373.644 vs 364.578
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 3455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 3455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3107
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350 vs 1201

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2106
2577
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
518
217
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14583
9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.991
42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
364.578
373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.196
2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.784
39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
262.35
139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3455
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3107
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3455
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3107
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1201
3350
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2106 2577
PassMark - G2D Mark 518 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 14583 9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.991 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.578 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.196 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.784 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 262.35 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3455 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1857 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3107 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3455 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1857 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3107 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1201 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Maxwell
Code name Raven GM107
Launch date 13 February 2018 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 795 797
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1240 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 914 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,760 gflops 1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 704 640
Texture fill rate 55 GTexel / s 44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 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 IGP PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Shared memory 0 0
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI