AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 93.41 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 2,989 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 715 vs 612
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4916 vs 4875
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 336.811 vs 315.412

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	93.41 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	2,989 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	715 vs 612
PassMark - G3D Mark	4916 vs 4875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.811 vs 315.412

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.87 vs 56.272
Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 778.867
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.354 vs 5.051
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 65.535

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.87 vs 56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.72 vs 778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.354 vs 5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.21 vs 65.535

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

715

612

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4916

4875

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.272

63.87

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

778.867

1314.72

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.051

6.354

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.535

85.21

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

336.811

315.412

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition	AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G2D Mark	715	612
PassMark - G3D Mark	4916	4875
Geekbench - OpenCL	23545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.272	63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	778.867	1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.051	6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.535	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.811	315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1772

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Grenada	Curacao
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	437	439
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$399
Value for money (0-100)		16.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	834 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,989 gflops	2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	1280
Texture fill rate	93.41 GTexel / s	84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	2,800 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	174.7 GB / s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)