AMD Radeon RX 560D vs AMD Radeon E8950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560D and AMD Radeon E8950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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 RX 560D

AMD Radeon E8950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560D

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	4 July 2017 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 65.8 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 896
Around 94% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,106 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 65.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 896
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 2,106 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560D
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560D	AMD Radeon E8950
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		326.391

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560D	AMD Radeon E8950
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Amethyst
Launch date	4 July 2017	29 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	731	732
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	735 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	2048
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5