AMD Radeon Vega 11 vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 11 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 11

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 53.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2475 vs 46
  • 26.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 125.7
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 23 November 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2475 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 125.7

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 57.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 2048 vs 704
  • Around 90% better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 1,830 gflops
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 71.778 vs 41.582
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1285.141 vs 371.843
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.839 vs 3.156
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 75.347 vs 52.449
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 321.767 vs 248.838
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2852 vs 2475
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3343
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s vs 57.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 704
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops vs 1,830 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 71.778 vs 41.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1285.141 vs 371.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.839 vs 3.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 75.347 vs 52.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 321.767 vs 248.838
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2852 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7037 vs 3343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 11
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.582
71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
371.843
1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.156
5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.449
75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
248.838
321.767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
2852
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
7037
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
125.7
Name AMD Radeon Vega 11 AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 1837
PassMark - G2D Mark 490
Geekbench - OpenCL 13016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.582 71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 371.843 1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.156 5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.449 75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 248.838 321.767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2475 2852
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 7037
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2475 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 125.7
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 11 AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Owl Amethyst
Launch date 13 February 2018 23 November 2014
Place in performance rating 895 898
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,830 gflops 3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 704 2048
Texture fill rate 57.2 GTexel / s 108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 174.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5448 MHz

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5