AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 993 MHz
- Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
- Around 48% better floating-point performance: 1,126 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 23 Watt
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 172
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1527 vs 1516
- Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8941 vs 6325
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 24 November 2017 vs 28 June 2016 |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 993 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 35.2 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 512 vs 384 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,126 gflops vs 762.6 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 23 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 399 vs 172 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1527 vs 1516 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8941 vs 6325 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3357 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3357 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
- 3.2x more core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
- 6.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 3157
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 3157
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3587 vs 3157 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 vs 3157 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 399 | 172 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1527 | 1516 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8941 | 6325 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3157 | 3587 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3157 | 3587 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3357 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3357 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.91 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 312.94 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.83 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.833 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 103.937 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2486 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2486 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 585 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | |
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| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Maxwell |
| Code name | Vega | GM108 |
| Launch date | 24 November 2017 | 28 June 2016 |
| Place in performance rating | 665 | 1071 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 993 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 954 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,126 gflops | 762.6 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 384 |
| Texture fill rate | 35.2 GTexel / s | 23.83 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | 23 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,500 million | 1,870 million |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | 40.1 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 5012 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR4 | DDR3, GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Technologies |
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