AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R9 280 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 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 5460 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 745 vs 665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 4 March 2014
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5460 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	745 vs 665

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 2,989 gflops
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5563 vs 5024
Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.829 vs 56.272
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1266.685 vs 778.867
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.495 vs 5.051
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 79.909 vs 65.535
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 365.384 vs 336.811

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops vs 2,989 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5563 vs 5024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.829 vs 56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1266.685 vs 778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.495 vs 5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.909 vs 65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	365.384 vs 336.811

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

745

665

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5024

5563

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.272

67.829

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

778.867

1266.685

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.051

6.495

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.535

79.909

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

336.811

365.384

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition	AMD Radeon R9 280
PassMark - G2D Mark	745	665
PassMark - G3D Mark	5024	5563
Geekbench - OpenCL	23585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.272	67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	778.867	1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.051	6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.535	79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.811	365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2009

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition	AMD Radeon R9 280
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Grenada	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	4 March 2014
Place in performance rating	422	423
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Core clock speed	834 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,989 gflops	3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	1792
Texture fill rate	93.41 GTexel / s	104.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		933 MHz
Stream Processors		1792
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-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	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	174.7 GB / s	240 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5460 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)