AMD Radeon R7 M265DX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M265DX and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 134
  • 12.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 499 vs 40
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed 780 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 vs 134
PassMark - G3D Mark 499 vs 40

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
138
134
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
499
40
Name AMD Radeon R7 M265DX NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL 15678
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 134
PassMark - G3D Mark 499 40

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M265DX NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Rankine
Code name Jet NV35
Launch date 7 January 2014 12 May 2003
Place in performance rating 1157 1229
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 130 nm
Transistor count 1,040 million 135 million
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 9.0a
OpenGL 4.5 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 700 MHz
Memory type DDR