AMD Radeon E8950 vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon E8950

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 735 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 38% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 65.777
Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 820.138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 23 November 2014
Core clock speed	735 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 820.138

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.142 vs 6.633
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 68.754 vs 65.836
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 386.418 vs 326.391

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.142 vs 6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.754 vs 65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	386.418 vs 326.391

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

65.777

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

820.138

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

7.142

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

68.754

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

386.418

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	AMD Radeon R9 M295X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	820.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	68.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	386.418
PassMark - G3D Mark		5150
PassMark - G2D Mark		832
Geekbench - OpenCL		26840
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3144

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	AMD Radeon R9 M295X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Amethyst	Amethyst
Launch date	29 September 2015	23 November 2014
Place in performance rating	689	496
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	Not Listed
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore