AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition and AMD FirePro W8000 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 715 vs 528
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4916 vs 4164
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 14 June 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 715 vs 528
PassMark - G3D Mark 4916 vs 4164

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 834 MHz
  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2,989 gflops
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5460 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 24518 vs 23546
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.628 vs 56.272
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 387.109 vs 336.811
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 834 MHz
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops vs 2,989 gflops
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 5460 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 24518 vs 23546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.628 vs 56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 387.109 vs 336.811

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
715
528
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4916
4164
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
23546
24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
56.272
64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
336.811
387.109
Name AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G2D Mark 715 528
PassMark - G3D Mark 4916 4164
Geekbench - OpenCL 23546 24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.272 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 336.811 387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition AMD FirePro W8000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Grenada Tahiti
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 14 June 2012
Place in performance rating 436 437
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599

Technical info

Core clock speed 834 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,989 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 1792
Texture fill rate 93.41 GTexel / s 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 279 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 174.7 GB / s 176 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5460 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore