AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 400 MHz
34x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 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
7.8x more memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 700 MHz

Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
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 - G3D Mark		35
PassMark - G2D Mark		188

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rankine
Code name	Amethyst	NV35
Launch date	23 November 2014	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	938	935
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	174.3 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR