AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 620 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 39.7 billion / sec
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
3.7x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 1500 MHz
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 71.778 vs 24.415
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1285.141 vs 690.98
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.839 vs 1.83
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 75.347 vs 29.702
4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 321.767 vs 67.215
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 28 June 2011
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 620 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 39.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	71.778 vs 24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1285.141 vs 690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.839 vs 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.347 vs 29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	321.767 vs 67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037 vs 3318

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 2852
78.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 46
26.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 125.7

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3626 vs 2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3626 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3318 vs 125.7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

71.778

24.415

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1285.141

690.98

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.839

1.83

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

75.347

29.702

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

321.767

67.215

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2852

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7037

3318

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

125.7

3318

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	71.778	24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1285.141	690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.839	1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.347	29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	321.767	67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2852	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	46	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037	3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	125.7	3318
PassMark - G3D Mark		2074
PassMark - G2D Mark		349
Geekbench - OpenCL		6389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2664

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	GF114
Launch date	23 November 2014	28 June 2011
Place in performance rating	927	929
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	620 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	384
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s	39.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,950 million
CUDA cores		384
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	174.3 GB / s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI