AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE 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 9300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 540 MHz
21.4x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
256x more pipelines: 2048 vs 8
142.4x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
62.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 82
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 1 June 2008
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

344

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	344
Geekbench - OpenCL	26840
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 9300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Amethyst	G98
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	1 June 2008
Place in performance rating	496	499
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	8
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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	None
API support
DirectX	Not Listed	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore