AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL and AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 931 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1011 MHz vs 930 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 80.88 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
2.7x better floating-point performance: 2,588 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3900 vs 1420
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 471 vs 388
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6318 vs 3112
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6318 vs 3112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	931 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3900 vs 1420
PassMark - G2D Mark	471 vs 388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318 vs 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318 vs 3112

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

3.3x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40722 vs 19459
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3168 vs 2070
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 1514
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3168 vs 2070
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 1514

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722 vs 19459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168 vs 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168 vs 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3900

1420

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

471

388

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19459

40722

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6318

3112

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2070

3168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6318

3112

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2070

3168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

3346

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3900	1420
PassMark - G2D Mark	471	388
Geekbench - OpenCL	19459	40722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.195
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2070	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1514	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2070	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1514	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2091

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 22	Cape Verde
Launch date	1 February 2018	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	605	606
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	930 MHz
Core clock speed	931 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	512
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s	29.76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count		1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s	73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory	0