AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
7.8x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
6.2x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 660
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 397

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 743 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	743 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

397

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	27109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	820.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	386.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3144

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Amethyst	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	488	375
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	Not Listed	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory clock speed		1656 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore