CMP 30HX vs Radeon E8950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E8950 with CMP 30HX, including specs and performance data.

Radeon E8950
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 95 Watt
14.17

CMP 30HX outperforms E8950 by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking367257
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.51
Power efficiency10.4011.77
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameAmethystTU116
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores20481408
Core clock speed735 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0157.1
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs12888

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 x4
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s336.0 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
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 21.09
Recency 29 September 2015 25 February 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 125 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 31.6% lower power consumption.

CMP 30HX, on the other hand, has a 48.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The CMP 30HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while CMP 30HX is a workstation one.


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