AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition and ATI FirePro V8700 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

ATI FirePro V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 834 MHz vs 750 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 93.41 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 800
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,989 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 5460 MHz vs 3400 MHz
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 715 vs 527
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4916 vs 1539

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 11 September 2008
Core clock speed	834 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	93.41 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2,989 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5460 MHz vs 3400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	715 vs 527
PassMark - G3D Mark	4916 vs 1539

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

715

527

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4916

1539

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G2D Mark	715	527
PassMark - G3D Mark	4916	1539
Geekbench - OpenCL	23546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.272
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		152.6

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Grenada	RV770
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	11 September 2008
Place in performance rating	436	438
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Technical info
Core clock speed	834 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,989 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	800
Texture fill rate	93.41 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	174.7 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5460 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore