AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Launch date 14 November 2018 vs 23 November 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 5020
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 554
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2045 vs 1842
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3144 vs 1663
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2045 vs 1842
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3144 vs 1663
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 723 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5150 vs 5020
PassMark - G2D Mark 832 vs 554
Geekbench - OpenCL 26893 vs 26775
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2045 vs 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3144 vs 1663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2045 vs 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3144 vs 1663

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5020
5150
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
554
832
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
26775
26893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1842
2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1663
3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1842
2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1663
3144
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 AMD Radeon R9 M295X
PassMark - G3D Mark 5020 5150
PassMark - G2D Mark 554 832
Geekbench - OpenCL 26775 26893
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1842 2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1663 3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1842 2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1663 3144
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 820.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 68.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 386.418

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Vega 12 Amethyst
Launch date 14 November 2018 23 November 2014
Place in performance rating 490 491
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1190 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s
Transistor count 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) Not Listed
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Memory clock speed 2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore