AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 834 MHz
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5460 MHz
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 23577

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 834 MHz
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5460 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109 vs 23577

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 93.41 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 896
Around 52% better floating-point performance: 2,989 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5024 vs 3244
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 745 vs 426

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	93.41 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2,989 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5024 vs 3244
PassMark - G2D Mark	745 vs 426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

5024

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

745

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57109

23577

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	5024
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	745
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109	23577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Strato	Grenada
Launch date	15 May 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	459	422
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	834 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	2,989 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1792
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	93.41 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	6,200 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	174.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore