Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs GeForce MX570 A
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce MX570 A and Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
MX570 A outperforms R9 M295X Mac Edition by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 387 | 437 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 46.07 | 3.79 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GA107 | Amethyst |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | May 2022 (3 years ago) | 23 November 2014 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 832 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1155 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 5,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 73.92 | 108.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.731 TFLOPS | 3.482 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1362 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 174.3 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 15.01 | 12.35 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 250 Watt |
MX570 A has a 21.5% higher aggregate performance score, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.
R9 M295X Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The GeForce MX570 A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition in performance tests.
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