GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon E8950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E8950 with GeForce GTX 1630, including specs and performance data.

Radeon E8950
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 95 Watt
14.17
+9.4%

E8950 outperforms GTX 1630 by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking369390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.2211.83
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameAmethystTU117
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)28 June 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048512
Core clock speed735 MHz1740 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate128.057.12
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12832

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s96 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-7.5

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.17 12.95
Recency 29 September 2015 28 June 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 75 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 9.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1630, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 26.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon E8950 and GeForce GTX 1630.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1630 is a desktop one.


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