AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 845M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 - 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).

AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 213

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 26 August 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 213

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

3.6x more core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1524 vs 1034
Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6112 vs 4468
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3287 vs 1850
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3287 vs 1850
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3180
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3180

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1071 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1524 vs 1034
Geekbench - OpenCL	6112 vs 4468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3287 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3287 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3180
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3180

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 845M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1034

1524

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

213

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4468

6112

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1850

3287

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1850

3287

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3180

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3180

3358

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 845M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1034	1524
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	213
Geekbench - OpenCL	4468	6112
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1850	3287
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1850	3287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3180	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3180	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2320

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 845M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell
Code name	Raven	GM108
Launch date	1 February 2018	26 August 2015
Place in performance rating	1016	1019
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1071 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		883.7 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		27.62 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed		5012 MHz
Memory type		DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus