AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient and NVIDIA GeForce 945M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1085 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
• Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 240
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 135.437 vs 107.094

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

• 3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
• Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2109 vs 1894
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.633 vs 26.039
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 380.461 vs 176.928
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.988 vs 1.666
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 31.027 vs 27.603
• Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2961 vs 2408
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 3170
• Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2961 vs 2408
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 3170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 945M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1894 2109
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	355 240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	26.039 28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	176.928 380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.666 1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	27.603 31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	135.437 107.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2408 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3170 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3352 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2408 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3170 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3352 3343

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