AMD Radeon R9 M265X videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Radeon R9 M265X videocard released by AMD; release date: 21 March 2014. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Venus.

Core clock speed - 575 MHz. Boost clock speed - 625 MHz. Texture fill rate - 25 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 800.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 1125 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38762
1134
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1310
209
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
351431
8829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
20.633 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
525.038 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
2.169 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
37.076 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
94.404 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1972 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1765 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3214 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1972.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1765.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3214.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1134
PassMark - G2D Mark 209
Geekbench - OpenCL 8829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 20.633 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 525.038 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.169 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 37.076 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 94.404 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1972 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1765 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3214 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1972.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1765.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3214.000 Fps

Games performance

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76865.90
Medium, 1366x76829.80
High, 1920x108019.90
Ultra, 1920x108016.80

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76857.80
Medium, 1366x76842.00
High, 1920x108019.30
Ultra, 1920x108015.50

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76830.10
Medium, 1366x76821.00
High, 1920x108011.40

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x76867.10
Medium, 1366x76841.50
High, 1920x108017.80

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x76880.70
Medium, 1366x76853.70
High, 1920x108022.10
Ultra, 1920x108017.60

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72049.50
High, 1920x108020.00
Ultra, 1920x108014.18

Sims 4 (2014)

Medium, 1366x76881.70
High, 1920x108036.30
Ultra, 1920x108033.70

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Medium, 1280x72058.00
High, 1920x108027.80

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76841.40
Medium, 1366x76829.40
High, 1366x76825.35
Ultra, 1920x108012.80

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76866.80
Medium, 1366x76830.50
High, 1366x76814.70
Ultra, 1920x10809.00

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76898.00
Medium, 1366x76863.80
High, 1366x76842.40
Ultra, 1920x108016.25

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Medium, 1366x76879.10
High, 1366x76865.40
Ultra, 1920x108010.40

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76842.60
Medium, 1366x76837.60
High, 1366x76821.70

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Medium, 1366x76852.10
High, 1366x76827.00
Ultra, 1920x108013.30

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720118.30
Medium, 1366x76863.40
High, 1366x76854.15
Ultra, 1920x108019.40

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Medium, 1366x768104.60
High, 1366x76865.70
Ultra, 1920x108024.10

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768135.90
Medium, 1366x76874.20
High, 1366x76851.80
Ultra, 1920x108022.95

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76867.50
Medium, 1366x76841.15
High, 1366x76825.40
Ultra, 1920x10809.85

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76850.50
Medium, 1366x76845.95
High, 1366x76830.90
Ultra, 1920x108014.50

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768110.90
Medium, 1366x76890.10
High, 1366x76853.50
Ultra, 1920x108034.70

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76892.90
Medium, 1366x76874.50
High, 1366x76868.90
Ultra, 1920x108021.80

Diablo III (2012)

Medium, 1366x76895.10
High, 1366x76881.40
Ultra, 1920x108050.90

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

High, 1366x76855.90
Ultra, 1920x108040.40

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72094.80
Medium, 1366x76869.50
High, 1366x76847.05
Ultra, 1920x108026.20

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Medium, 1366x76857.40
High, 1366x76843.80
Ultra, 1920x108018.30

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

High, 1366x76865.20
Ultra, 1920x108032.60

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

High, 1024x76880.60
Ultra, 1920x108060.60

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Venus
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1175
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 625 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore