GeForce GTS 150M vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GeForce GTS 150M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.05
+591%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms GTS 150M by a whopping 591% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4811031
Place by popularity34not in top-100
Power efficiency41.362.00
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameVegaG94
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)3 March 2009 (15 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 cores51264
Core clock speedno data400 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data505 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.128 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data192
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options-2-way
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno dataUp to 800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51 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 Connectorsno dataDisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

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 HD22
+633%
3−4
−633%
1440p16
+700%
2−3
−700%
4K9
+800%
1−2
−800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
+375%
4−5
−375%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
+900%
2−3
−900%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+250%
4−5
−250%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+2950%
2−3
−2950%
Hitman 3 15
+150%
6−7
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+264%
14−16
−264%
Metro Exodus 35
+600%
5−6
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
+350%
8−9
−350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+81.8%
30−35
−81.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+150%
4−5
−150%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+2950%
2−3
−2950%
Hitman 3 15
+150%
6−7
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+264%
14−16
−264%
Metro Exodus 25
+733%
3−4
−733%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+238%
8−9
−238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+81.8%
30−35
−81.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+2950%
2−3
−2950%
Hitman 3 14
+133%
6−7
−133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
+188%
8−9
−188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−175%
30−35
+175%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
+950%
2−3
−950%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+680%
5−6
−680%
Hitman 3 10
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
+300%
5−6
−300%
Metro Exodus 17
+750%
2−3
−750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
+883%
6−7
−883%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
+225%
4−5
−225%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+640%
5−6
−640%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
+800%
1−2
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GTS 150M compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 633% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 700% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 800% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 2950% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTS 150M is 175% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is ahead in 47 tests (98%)
  • GTS 150M is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.05 1.31
Recency 7 January 2020 3 March 2009
Chip lithography 7 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 590.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 150M in performance tests.


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