GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs Radeon E8950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E8950 and GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon E8950
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 95 Watt
12.86

RTX 5090 Mobile outperforms E8950 by a whopping 453% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking40316
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.3257.05
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameAmethystGB203
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)27 March 2025 (less than a year 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 cores204810496
Core clock speed735 MHz990 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1515 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0496.9
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS31.8 TFLOPS
ROPs32112
TMUs128328
Tensor Coresno data328
Ray Tracing Coresno data82

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 5.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount8 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s896.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

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 HD27−30
−511%
165
+511%
1440p18−20
−511%
110
+511%
4K12−14
−525%
75
+525%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 390
+0%
390
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 301
+0%
301
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 172
+0%
172
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 219
+0%
219
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 224
+0%
224
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550
+0%
500−550
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 157
+0%
157
+0%
Valorant 450−500
+0%
450−500
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 168
+0%
168
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 176
+0%
176
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 122
+0%
122
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

This is how Radeon E8950 and RTX 5090 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5090 Mobile is 511% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5090 Mobile is 511% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5090 Mobile is 525% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 36 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.86 71.11
Recency 29 September 2015 27 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 5090 Mobile has a 453% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8950 in performance tests.

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