AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and ATI Radeon X800 GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 52% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 475 MHz
  • 24.4x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
  • 61.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 84
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 423
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 November 2014 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed 723 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5150 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 832 vs 423

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

  • 6.3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 250 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5150
84
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
832
423
Name AMD Radeon R9 M295X ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 5150 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 832 423
Geekbench - OpenCL 27105
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 X800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 R400
Code name Amethyst R430
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 23 November 2014 1 November 2005
Place in performance rating 487 371
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 723 MHz 475 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s 3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 160 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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 None

API support

DirectX Not Listed 9.0b
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 2.0

Memory

Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 31.55 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed DDR
Shared memory 0
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 986 MHz

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore