AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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 Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 360 MHz
32.1x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
80.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 64
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 64
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

8.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

325

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	64
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	325
Geekbench - OpenCL	27035
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 Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Amethyst	NV43 A2
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	497	500
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 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
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	Not Listed	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore