AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 271
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2380 vs 2188
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2380 vs 2188
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3289
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3289

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 271
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2380 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2380 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3289

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 780 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 39.72 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2593 vs 935
Around 81% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10220 vs 5635
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1973 vs 1935
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1973 vs 1935

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2593 vs 935
Geekbench - OpenCL	10220 vs 5635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973 vs 1935

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

271

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

935

2593

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5635

10220

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1935

1973

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1935

1973

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3289

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3289

Name	AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	271
PassMark - G3D Mark	935	2593
Geekbench - OpenCL	5635	10220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1935	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1935	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2380	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2380	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3289

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Oland	GM107
Launch date	5 May 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	892	894
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	993 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops	1,271 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	39.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5