NVIDIA GeForce 845M vs AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 845M and AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 7.7x more texture fill rate: 27.62 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • 7.7x better floating-point performance: 883.7 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1524 vs 261
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 213 vs 75
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6112 vs 5751
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 August 2015 vs 18 September 2013
Core clock speed 1071 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 27.62 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1524 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 vs 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 6112 vs 5751

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3287
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3287
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 845M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1524
261
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
75
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6112
5751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3287
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3287
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3359
Name NVIDIA GeForce 845M AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 1524 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 6112 5751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3287 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3287 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 845M AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 2.0
Code name GM108 Kalindi
Launch date 26 August 2015 18 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1019 1021
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1071 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops 115.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 27.62 GTexel / s 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,178 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 IGP
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 System Shared
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus