AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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 X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 500 MHz
15.4x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
36.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 141
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 415

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 415

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

415

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	415
Geekbench - OpenCL	27111
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 X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Amethyst	R520
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	488	377
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	321 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
API support
DirectX	Not Listed	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		990 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore