AMD Radeon R9 M375X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M375X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 914 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1015 MHz vs 993 MHz
  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 40.6 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 1,299 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 271
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3548 vs 1973
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3548 vs 1973
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 914 MHz
Boost clock speed 1015 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate 40.6 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,299 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 320 vs 271
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3548 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3548 vs 1973

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

  • 3.6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2593 vs 1715
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10220 vs 8255
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2188 vs 1333
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2188 vs 1333
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3289 vs 2185
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 2185
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2593 vs 1715
Geekbench - OpenCL 10220 vs 8255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2188 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2188 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3289 vs 2185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3289 vs 2185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M375X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1715
2593
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
320
271
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3548
1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3548
1973
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8255
10220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1333
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1333
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2185
3289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2185
3289
Name AMD Radeon R9 M375X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
PassMark - G3D Mark 1715 2593
PassMark - G2D Mark 320 271
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3548 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3548 1973
Geekbench - OpenCL 8255 10220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1333 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1333 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2185 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2185 3289

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M375X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Tropo GM107
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 893 894
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1015 MHz 993 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 925 MHz 914 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,299 gflops 1,271 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 640
Texture fill rate 40.6 GTexel / s 39.72 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,870 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore