AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 8 month(s) later
25.1x more texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 391 vs 258
43.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1487 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 17 March 2003
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	391 vs 258
PassMark - G3D Mark	1487 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

391

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1487

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G2D Mark	391	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	1487	34
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Rankine
Code name	Vega	NV35
Launch date	24 November 2017	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	664	662
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	135 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
API support
DirectX		9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)