AMD Radeon R9 M375X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M375X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M375X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

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 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 343 vs 217

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 914 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	343 vs 217

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1015 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 40.6 GTexel / s
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 1,299 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2581 vs 1808
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 3548
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 3548
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9739 vs 8162
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1333
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1333
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2185
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2185

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1015 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 40.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 1,299 gflops
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2581 vs 1808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4148 vs 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4148 vs 3548
Geekbench - OpenCL	9739 vs 8162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2185

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1808

2581

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

343

217

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3548

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3548

4148

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8162

9739

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

3358

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1808	2581
PassMark - G2D Mark	343	217
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3548	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3548	4148
Geekbench - OpenCL	8162	9739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1333	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1333	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2185	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2185	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
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	875	877
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1015 MHz	1124 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	925 MHz	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops	1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	640
Texture fill rate	40.6 GTexel / s	44.96 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI