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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
399
345
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1527
3821
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8941
14467
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3337
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
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

Essentials

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

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

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Technologies

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