NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX150

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX150

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
25x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 2852
80.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 46
26.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 125.7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 23 November 2014
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 125.7

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

2.3x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 46.98 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
3.1x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 71.778 vs 45.905
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1285.141 vs 495.238
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.839 vs 2.365
Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 75.347 vs 38.965
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 321.767 vs 145.794
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 46.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	71.778 vs 45.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1285.141 vs 495.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.839 vs 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.347 vs 38.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	321.767 vs 145.794
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

45.905

71.778

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

495.238

1285.141

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.365

5.839

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

38.965

75.347

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

145.794

321.767

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

2852

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

7037

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

125.7

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX150	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	2265
PassMark - G2D Mark	213
Geekbench - OpenCL	9599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	45.905	71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	495.238	1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.365	5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.965	75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	145.794	321.767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	2852
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	7037
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	125.7
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	999

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX150	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP108	Amethyst
Launch date	17 May 2017	23 November 2014
Place in performance rating	899	901
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,127 gflops	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2048
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel / s	108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB / s	174.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	5448 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0