AMD Radeon R9 M395X vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395X and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 540 MHz
21.4x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
256x more pipelines: 2048 vs 8
142.4x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 800 MHz
63.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5195 vs 82
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 June 2008
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5195 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	733 vs 344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5195

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

733

344

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M395X	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	5195	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	733	344
Geekbench - OpenCL	27705
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Amethyst	G98
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 June 2008
Place in performance rating	454	464
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	8
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore