AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient and NVIDIA Quadro K2100M 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 Quadro K2100M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 55 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1894 vs 1359
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 281
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 26.039 vs 12.383
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.666 vs 1.107
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.603 vs 21.761
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 135.437 vs 40.703
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2408 vs 2294
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2408 vs 2294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2018 vs 23 July 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 55 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1894 vs 1359
PassMark - G2D Mark	355 vs 281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.039 vs 12.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.666 vs 1.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.603 vs 21.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	135.437 vs 40.703
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2408 vs 2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2408 vs 2294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

2.2x more core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 358.892 vs 176.928
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3605 vs 3170
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3605 vs 3170

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	358.892 vs 176.928
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3605 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3605 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1894

1359

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

355

281

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.039

12.383

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

176.928

358.892

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.666

1.107

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.603

21.761

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.437

40.703

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2408

2294

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

3605

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2408

2294

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

3605

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3362

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1894	1359
PassMark - G2D Mark	355	281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.039	12.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	176.928	358.892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.666	1.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.603	21.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	135.437	40.703
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2408	2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170	3605
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2408	2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170	3605
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	862	0
Geekbench - OpenCL		4464

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Kepler
Code name	Raven	GK106
Launch date	23 April 2018	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	973	1105
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$84.95
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		10.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	667 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	2,540 million
Floating-point performance		768.4 gflops
Pipelines		576
Texture fill rate		32.02 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port		1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		3008 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus