AMD Radeon R9 M365X vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M365X and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M365X

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 413
7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1482 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	446 vs 413
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482 vs 202

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37 GTexel / s
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M365X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

446

413

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1482

202

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Geekbench - OpenCL	36410
PassMark - G2D Mark	446	413
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482	202

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tropo	G71
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	380	382
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	1,500 million	278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		110 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore