AMD Radeon E8950 vs AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 M365X 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon E8950

AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
3.5x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 735 MHz

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 735 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	AMD Radeon R9 M365X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391
Geekbench - OpenCL		36410
PassMark - G2D Mark		446
PassMark - G3D Mark		1482

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	AMD Radeon R9 M365X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Amethyst	Tropo
Launch date	29 September 2015	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	732	374
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	640
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,500 million
Compute units		10
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore