AMD Radeon R9 M265X vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M265X 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M265X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 15.6x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
  • Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 29.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1168 vs 40
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 202 vs 134
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2014 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed 575 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1168 vs 40
PassMark - G2D Mark 202 vs 134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M265X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1168
40
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
202
134
Name AMD Radeon R9 M265X NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 1168 40
PassMark - G2D Mark 202 134
Geekbench - OpenCL 8850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 94.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M265X NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Rankine
Code name Venus NV35
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014 12 May 2003
Place in performance rating 1189 1196
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 625 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 575 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 130 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s 1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 135 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 AGP 8x
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 11 9.0a
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore