AMD Radeon R9 M395X vs AMD Radeon R7 A265

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395X and AMD Radeon R7 A265 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, 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M395X

AMD Radeon R7 A265

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4.7x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
4.7x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5195 vs 994
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 468
4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27707 vs 6925

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 9 January 2014
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5195 vs 994
PassMark - G2D Mark	733 vs 468
Geekbench - OpenCL	27707 vs 6925

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 723 MHz
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 A265

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5195

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

733

468

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27707

6925

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M395X	AMD Radeon R7 A265
PassMark - G3D Mark	5195	994
PassMark - G2D Mark	733	468
Geekbench - OpenCL	27707	6925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	71.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	413.329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M395X	AMD Radeon R7 A265
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Amethyst	Opal
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	9 January 2014
Place in performance rating	454	455
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	384
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	19.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		825 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore