AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 217

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

3x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
Around 28% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 1527
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9744 vs 8941
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3157
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2577 vs 1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	9744 vs 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

217

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1527

2577

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8941

9744

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3358

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	217
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527	2577
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941	9744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4148
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell
Code name	Vega	GM107
Launch date	24 November 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	665	797
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops	1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	640
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.5
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI