AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 950 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 132.07 vs 86.304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2018 vs 1 January 2016
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	132.07 vs 86.304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

3.1x more core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 25.891
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.535 vs 365.4
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 2.104

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869 vs 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535 vs 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351 vs 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323 vs 37.17

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.891

56.869

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

365.4

917.535

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.104

3.351

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.17

37.323

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

132.07

86.304

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1584
PassMark - G2D Mark	413
Geekbench - OpenCL	8806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.891	56.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	365.4	917.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.104	3.351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.17	37.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	132.07	86.304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6729
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	705

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Owl	GM206
Launch date	13 February 2018	1 January 2016
Place in performance rating	949	1174
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	950 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	924 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	2,940 million
Floating-point performance		1,946 gflops
Pipelines		1024
Texture fill rate		60.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		5012 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5