AMD Radeon HD 8950M vs NVIDIA GeForce MX150 25W

AMD Radeon HD 8950M
NVIDIA GeForce MX150 25W
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1075MHz
384 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1532MHz
FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
FP32
1.18 TFLOPS
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FP16
0.02 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
45W
TDP
25W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 2
Architecture
Pascal
Family
Radeon HD 8000
Family
GeForce MX
Codename
Bonaire
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Variant
Saturn Pro
Codename
NV138
GP108
Variant
N17S-G1-A1
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
6/30/2016
Release Date
5/17/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
160 mm²
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Die Size
74 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.00M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.32M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Shading Units
384 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
24 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
3 SMs
Compute Units
12 CUs
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1075MHz
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1468MHz Base
1532MHz
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FP16
0.02 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
FP32
1.18 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.1 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.04 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
17.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
24.512 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
51.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
36.768 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
256KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
88GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
48GB/s
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TDP
45W
TDP
25W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCE 2.0
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 4.2
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
7
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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