AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient and NVIDIA GeForce 930MX 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1020 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1894 vs 1293
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 194
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 26.039 vs 23.565
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 176.928 vs 165.338
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.666 vs 1.09
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2408 vs 2053
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2408 vs 2053
Around 74% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 862 vs 495

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2018 vs 1 March 2016
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1020 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1894 vs 1293
PassMark - G2D Mark	355 vs 194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.039 vs 23.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	176.928 vs 165.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.666 vs 1.09
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2408 vs 2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2408 vs 2053
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	862 vs 495

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

3.2x more core clock speed: 952 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3577 vs 3170
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3577 vs 3170

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	952 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3577 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3577 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1894

1293

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

355

194

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.039

23.565

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

176.928

165.338

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.666

1.09

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2408

2053

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

3577

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2408

2053

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

3577

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

862

495

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1894	1293
PassMark - G2D Mark	355	194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.039	23.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	176.928	165.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.666	1.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	135.437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2408	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2408	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	862	495
Geekbench - OpenCL		5494

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell
Code name	Raven	GM108
Launch date	23 April 2018	1 March 2016
Place in performance rating	973	1115
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1020 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	952 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million
Floating-point performance		783.4 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		24.48 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus