AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
12x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 120 Watt
114.3x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3335
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 22 January 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

3.8x more core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1100 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 399
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 1527
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 8941
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3157
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 399
PassMark - G3D Mark	6111 vs 1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	18734 vs 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

673

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1527

6111

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8941

18734

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3335

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	673
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527	6111
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941	18734
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7218
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		162

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Vega	GM206
Launch date	24 November 2017	22 January 2015
Place in performance rating	665	514
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1127 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1024
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	2,940 million
CUDA cores		1024
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
SLI options		2x
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pins
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.4
Vulkan
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost