T600 vs Radeon E8950

Place in the ranking	368	326
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.30	29.02
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Amethyst	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	29 September 2015 (9 years ago)	6 May 2021 (3 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	640
Core clock speed	735 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1335 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	40 Watt
Texture fill rate	128.0	53.40
Floating-point processing power	4.096 TFLOPS	1.709 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	128	40

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)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	160.0 GB/s
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

4x mini-DisplayPort

API 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	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
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.

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	40−45 −32.5%	53 +32.5%
1440p	21−24 −23.8%	26 +23.8%
4K	16−18 −31.3%	21 +31.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Elden Ring	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65 +0%	65 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Valorant	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Dota 2	80 +0%	80 +0%
Elden Ring	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	96 +0%	96 +0%
Fortnite	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	51 +0%	51 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	59 +0%	59 +0%
Metro Exodus	10 +0%	10 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Valorant	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
World of Tanks	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Dota 2	111 +0%	111 +0%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45 +0%	45 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Valorant	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27 +0%	27 +0%
Elden Ring	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	27 +0%	27 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
World of Tanks	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	32 +0%	32 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Dota 2	25 +0%	25 +0%
Elden Ring	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	25 +0%	25 +0%
Metro Exodus	8 +0%	8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	25 +0%	25 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Dota 2	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Fortnite	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18 +0%	18 +0%
Valorant	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

This is how Radeon E8950 and T600 compete in popular games:

T600 is 33% faster in 1080p
T600 is 24% faster in 1440p
T600 is 31% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.21	16.86
Recency	29 September 2015	6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	40 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T600, on the other hand, has a 18.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 137.5% lower power consumption.

The T600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while T600 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.