AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 19.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 289 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1580 vs 1201
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 96
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3107
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3107
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 8 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 289 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1580 vs 1201
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 vs 96
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 vs 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 vs 3107

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

  • 4.1x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21048 vs 8803
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3443 vs 2433
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3443 vs 2433
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1242 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21048 vs 8803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3443 vs 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3443 vs 2433

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1580
1201
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
409
96
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8803
21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3107
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3107
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
PassMark - G3D Mark 1580 1201
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 96
Geekbench - OpenCL 8803 21048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.07
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433 3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433 3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 3107
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Owl GT200B
Launch date 13 February 2018 8 January 2009
Place in performance rating 948 945
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $500
Price now $159.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.53

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 289 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 480
CUDA cores per GPU 240
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 2x 240
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options Quad

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB
Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 896 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz
Memory interface width per GPU 448 Bit
Memory type GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 896 MB

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
SLI