UHD Graphics 600 vs Radeon E8950

Place in the ranking	376	1140
Place by popularity	not in top-100	52
Power efficiency	10.24	11.95
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Amethyst	Gemini Lake GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	29 September 2015 (9 years ago)	11 December 2017 (7 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 cores	2048	96
Core clock speed	735 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	5 Watt
Texture fill rate	128.0	7.800
Floating-point processing power	4.096 TFLOPS	0.1248 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	128	12

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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	Ring Bus
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	+

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 HD	160−170 +1500%	10 −1500%
1440p	16−18 +1500%	1 −1500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	13 +0%	13 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	7 +0%	7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	11 +0%	11 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	7 +0%	7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how Radeon E8950 and UHD Graphics 600 compete in popular games:

Radeon E8950 is 1500% faster in 1080p
Radeon E8950 is 1500% faster in 1440p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 37 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.16	0.87
Recency	29 September 2015	11 December 2017
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	5 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 1527.6% higher aggregate performance score.

UHD Graphics 600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1800% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics 600 in performance tests.

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