AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS 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 9650M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
9.3x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2048 vs 32
37x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
19.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 270
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 328

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 13 March 2008
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 32
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 328

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 723 MHz
8.6x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

328

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	328
Geekbench - OpenCL	26893
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 9650M GS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Amethyst	G84
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	13 March 2008
Place in performance rating	491	489
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	1250 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	32
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	289 million
CUDA cores		32
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	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	25.6 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR2?, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore