Radeon R9 M380 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 950M

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	528	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.82	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	N16P-GT	Strato
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	5 May 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$797	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	768
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	914 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1021 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	44.96	49.01
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops	1,568 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R9 M380 Mac Edition compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3 or GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz	6272 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 or 80 GB/s	100.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	12 March 2015	5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB

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