AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs NVIDIA GeForce 800M

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Combined performance score

GeForce 800M
1.18

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms GeForce 800M by 1058% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking1021348
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.0214.40
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameGF117Vega Mobile
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years old)15 November 2018 (5 years old)
Current price$163 $360
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 20 has 71900% better value for money than GeForce 800M.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores481280
Core clock speed738 MHz815 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1283 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate5.904102.6
Floating-point performance141.7 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 800M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit1024 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s189.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+no data
GameWorks+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 800M 1.18
Pro Vega 20 13.67
+1058%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms GeForce 800M by 1058% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce 800M 457
Pro Vega 20 5299
+1060%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms GeForce 800M by 1060% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GeForce 800M 1303
Pro Vega 20 26818
+1958%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms GeForce 800M by 1958% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD5−6
−1120%
61
+1120%
4K3−4
−1267%
41
+1267%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.18 13.67
Recency 17 March 2014 15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt

The Radeon Pro Vega 20 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 800M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 800M is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Vega 20 is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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