AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
6.2x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 96
8.2x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 614
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 1 July 2014
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 614
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 723 MHz
7.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

614

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

304

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	614
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	304
Geekbench - OpenCL	26884
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	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	GF117
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	498	499
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	96
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	585 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 2.0 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	16 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore