Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs GeForce 920MX

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	757	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.06	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	N16V-GMR	Raven
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	25 March 2015 (9 years ago)	19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Current price	$1597	$743

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

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 cores	256	512
Core clock speed	965 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1101 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	16 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	23.83	35.23
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 920MX and Radeon Vega 8 Embedded 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.

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM Capacity and Type

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 type	DDR3, GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and Outputs

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 Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

Supported GPU Technologies

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

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	no data
GameWorks	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	25 March 2015	19 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	16 Watt	35 Watt

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