AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition videocard released by AMD; release date: 23 November 2014. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Amethyst.

Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 108.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 3,482 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 5,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 250 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5448 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 174.3 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
71.778 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1285.141 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
5.839 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
75.347 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
321.767 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2852 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
46.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
7037 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
125.700 Fps
Name Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 71.778 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1285.141 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 5.839 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 75.347 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 321.767 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2852 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 46.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 7037 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 125.700 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0
Code name Amethyst
Launch date 23 November 2014
Place in performance rating 938
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 174.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5448 MHz
Memory type GDDR5