NVIDIA GeForce 920A vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920A and AMD Radeon R9 M295X 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 920A

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
7.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 23 November 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 575 MHz
10.1x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
6.7x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 846
5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 168
7.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27106 vs 3693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 846
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 168
Geekbench - OpenCL	27106 vs 3693

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

846

5150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

832

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3693

27106

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	AMD Radeon R9 M295X
PassMark - G3D Mark	846	5150
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	832
Geekbench - OpenCL	3693	27106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		820.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		68.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		386.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3144

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	AMD Radeon R9 M295X
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	GK208B	Amethyst
Launch date	13 March 2015	23 November 2014
Place in performance rating	1143	488
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2048
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count		5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	Not Listed
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore