AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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: 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
15.5x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 2048 vs 160
12.4x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 160
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 850 MHz
13.9x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	321.767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	125.7
PassMark - G2D Mark		202
PassMark - G3D Mark		277

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Amethyst	Caicos
Launch date	23 November 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	864	865
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	160
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s	7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	174.3 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3