AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX150 (2GB GDDR5)

The mobile Ryzen 7 2700U APU combines a powerful Ryzen CPU with the all-new integrated Radeon RX Vega 10 graphics chip. We have already published a comparison between the higher-end Ryzen 7 2700U and the Intel Core i7-8550U, which can be found HERE.

Now it is time to juxtapose the integrated AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 found in the Ryzen 7 2700U and the Pascal-based dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX150 meant for low-end notebooks.

You can check out our Top Laptop Graphics Ranking to see these two graphics cards and many more.

Specs overview

It is not preferable to compare the specifications of the two graphics chips directly as they have different manufacturers that use different technology. Also, the numbers do not always translate into real-life performance.

Firstly, the integrated AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 is based on the Vega architecture and features 10 computing units and a total of 640 shaders. Manufactured through a 14 nm process, the chip ticks at a maximum frequency of 1300 MHz. Being integrated, the graphics card relies on the whole chip when it comes tо memory – the GPU benefits from fast dual-channel DDR4 RAM with up to 2400MHz clock. In this case, the average power consumption is rather low – 15W.

Moving on to the dedicated graphics card, NVIDIA GeForce MX150 is a Pascal-based GPU aimed at low-end notebooks and features 384 shader cores. It is based on the same 14nm FinFET manufacturing process and runs at a base frequency of 1468 MHz. In addition, the graphics card relies on 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and has a 25W TDP of the chip alone.

Check out the NVIDIA’s GeForce MX150 full specs here and RX Vega 10’s over here.

Benchmarks

Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Here you can see an approximate comparison between the two GPUs that can be found in Acer Swift 3 (SF315-41) and ASUS VivoBook S15 respectively. The graph above says it all – the NVIDIA’s chip performs around 58% to 123% better compared to its opponent.

Gameplay videos

AMD Radeon RX Vega 10



NVIDIA GeForce MX150




Conclusion

In conclusion, we can say that the better choice is probably the dedicated GeForce MX150 as it offers significant performance or at least when it comes to benchmarks. Follow this link to check gaming tests and gameplay footage recorded using the graphics chip.

All laptops equipped with the Radeon RX Vega 10

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce MX150

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Hugo
Hugo
5 years ago

Thanks, this was helpful.

By the way, you graphs shows percentage values as divided by 10, i.e. 3.3% rather than 33%