AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
3x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 71.778 vs 37.761
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1285.141 vs 388.248
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.839 vs 2.428
Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 75.347 vs 38.889
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 321.767 vs 151.016
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	71.778 vs 37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1285.141 vs 388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.839 vs 2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.347 vs 38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	321.767 vs 151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 2852
80.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 46
26.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 125.7

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 125.7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

71.778

37.761

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1285.141

388.248

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.839

2.428

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

75.347

38.889

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

321.767

151.016

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2852

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7037

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

125.7

3353

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	71.778	37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1285.141	388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.839	2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.347	38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	321.767	151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2852	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	46	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	125.7	3353
PassMark - G3D Mark		2514
PassMark - G2D Mark		226
Geekbench - OpenCL		9671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3817
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell
Code name	Amethyst	GM107
Launch date	23 November 2014	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	938	939
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops	1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	640
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s	36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	174.3 GB / s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 or GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA