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) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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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 |
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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 |