AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 625 MHz
9.3x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
37.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 137
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

507

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	507
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 X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Amethyst	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	488	293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	384 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
API support
DirectX	Not Listed	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1450 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore