AMD Radeon R9 M365X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M365X and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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 GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.8x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
9.3x better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 128 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 407
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1482 vs 504

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	446 vs 407
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482 vs 504

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M365X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

446

407

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1482

504

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Geekbench - OpenCL	36410
PassMark - G2D Mark	446	407
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482	504

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tropo	G94
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	374	372
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	13 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,500 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		192
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
Eyefinity
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD