NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M265X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 60.8 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,946 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • 4.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 20.633
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.535 vs 525.038
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 2.169
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.323 vs 37.076
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 January 2016 vs 21 March 2014
Core clock speed 924 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed 950 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 60.8 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,946 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.869 vs 20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 917.535 vs 525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.351 vs 2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.323 vs 37.076

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M265X

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 94.404 vs 86.304
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 94.404 vs 86.304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M265X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
56.869
20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
917.535
525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.351
2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.323
37.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.304
94.404
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM AMD Radeon R9 M265X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.869 20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 917.535 525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.351 2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.323 37.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 86.304 94.404
PassMark - G3D Mark 1138
PassMark - G2D Mark 210
Geekbench - OpenCL 8829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM206 Venus
Launch date 1 January 2016 21 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1174 1175
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz 625 MHz
Core clock speed 924 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,946 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 640
Texture fill rate 60.8 GTexel / s 25 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,940 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore