NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 850 MHz
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
47.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2188 vs 46
26.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 125.7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 23 November 2014
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289 vs 125.7

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

2.7x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
2.7x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2852 vs 2188
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3289

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2852 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037 vs 3289

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

2852

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

7037

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

125.7

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	2557
PassMark - G2D Mark	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	10292
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2188	2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289	7037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289	125.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		321.767

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 3.0
Code name	GM107	Amethyst
Launch date	13 March 2015	23 November 2014
Place in performance rating	926	927
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	2048
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s	108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	174.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	5448 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5