AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI 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 Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
32x more texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 140 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 13 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 261
190.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1527 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 28 October 2003
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 140 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 13 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 261
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

261

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1527

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	261
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527	8
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 Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Rankine
Code name	Vega	NV34 B1
Launch date	24 November 2017	28 October 2003
Place in performance rating	657	655
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	45 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DMS-59
API support
DirectX		9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)