AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and NVIDIA GRID K240Q 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 2541
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 28 June 2013
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 2541
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 212

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3938 vs 2045
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3667 vs 3144
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3938 vs 2045
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3667 vs 3144

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3938 vs 2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3667 vs 3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3938 vs 2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3667 vs 3144

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K240Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

2541

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

212

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2045

3938

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3144

3667

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2045

3938

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3144

3667

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	NVIDIA GRID K240Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	2541
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	27106
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	3938
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3144	3667
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2045	3938
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3144	3667
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6935

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	NVIDIA GRID K240Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	488	489
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$469
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1536
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	Not Listed	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		5000 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore