AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 vs AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, 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 - 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 RX Vega 6

AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	7 January 2018 vs 5 May 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X

2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 320
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5195 vs 1015

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	733 vs 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	5195 vs 1015

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

733

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1015

5195

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6	AMD Radeon R9 M395X
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	733
PassMark - G3D Mark	1015	5195
Geekbench - OpenCL		27730
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 RX Vega 6	AMD Radeon R9 M395X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5th gen	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Amethyst
Launch date	7 January 2018	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	463	465
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	384
Transistor count	4500 million	5,000 million
Core clock speed		723 MHz
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Texture fill rate		92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.0
Vulkan
Mantle
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore