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.

 

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
46
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 2511
PassMark - G2D Mark 225
Geekbench - OpenCL 9660
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