AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 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 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 50 Watt
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 345
- Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3157 vs 2566
- Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3157 vs 2566
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3337
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3337
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 24 November 2017 vs 9 January 2015 |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 50 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 399 vs 345 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3157 vs 2566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3157 vs 2566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3337 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3337 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
- 3.1x more core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
- 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- 3.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3821 vs 1527
- Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14467 vs 8941
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 944 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 73.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 512 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,355 gflops vs 1,126 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3821 vs 1527 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 14467 vs 8941 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 399 | 345 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1527 | 3821 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8941 | 14467 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3157 | 2566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3157 | 2566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3337 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3337 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.59 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 720.592 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.903 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 57.947 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 223.296 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5783 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5783 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1831 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M | |
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| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | Vega | GM204 |
| Launch date | 24 November 2017 | 9 January 2015 |
| Place in performance rating | 665 | 666 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 944 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,126 gflops | 2,355 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 1024 |
| Texture fill rate | 35.2 GTexel / s | 73.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,500 million | 5,200 million |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | 80 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR4 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Technologies |
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| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
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| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
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