AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 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 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 225
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3353
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

• Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2506 vs 1584
• Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9777 vs 8806
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.761 vs 25.891
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 388.248 vs 365.4
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 2.104
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.889 vs 37.17
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 132.07
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 1514
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 2433
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 1514
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 2433
• Around 39% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 979 vs 705

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1584 2506
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	413 225
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	8806 9777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.891 37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	365.4 388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.104 2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	37.17 38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	132.07 151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1514 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6729 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1514 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6729 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	705 979

Compare specifications (specs)