AMD Radeon HD 8850M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8850M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8850M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8850M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 2x 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1792 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 999 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 502 vs 103
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3323 vs 3107
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3323 vs 3107

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 8 January 2009
Pipelines	640 vs 2x 240
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1792 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	502 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323 vs 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323 vs 3107

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

2.2x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 575 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 49% better floating-point performance: 2x 596.2 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1206 vs 973
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21048 vs 7447
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3443 vs 2795
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3443 vs 2795

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2x 596.2 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1206 vs 973
Geekbench - OpenCL	21048 vs 7447
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3443 vs 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3443 vs 2795

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8850M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

973

1206

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

103

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7447

21048

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2795

3443

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3323

3107

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2795

3443

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3323

3107

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8850M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
PassMark - G3D Mark	973	1206
PassMark - G2D Mark	502	103
Geekbench - OpenCL	7447	21048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	435.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	84.378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2795	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323	3107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2795	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323	3107

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8850M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Venus	GT200B
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	928	930
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$500
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops	2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	2x 240
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	92.2 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		480
CUDA cores per GPU		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		289 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1792 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	896 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory interface width per GPU		448 Bit
Standard memory config per GPU		896 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI