AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 5.5x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec
  • 7.1x more pipelines: 2048 vs 288
  • 5.6x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
  • 4.4x more memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2852 vs 732
  • 6.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 1112
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 November 2014 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec
Pipelines 2048 vs 288
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 5448 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2852 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7037 vs 1112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 15.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 732 vs 46
  • 8.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1112 vs 125.7
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 732 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1112 vs 125.7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2852
732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46
732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7037
1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
125.7
1112
Name AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
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 732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 46 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7037 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 125.7 1112
PassMark - G3D Mark 1953
PassMark - G2D Mark 413

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi
Code name Amethyst GF104
Launch date 23 November 2014 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 898 900
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops 616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2048 288
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s 19.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 174.3 GB / s 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 5448 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI