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.

 

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 380 383
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