R9 M295X Mac Edition vs HD 7870 XT

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Combined performance score

HD 7870 XT
11.53

R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms HD 7870 XT by 16% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking377353
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.77no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code nameTahitiAmethyst
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 November 2012 (11 years old)23 November 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$270 no data
Current price$133 (0.5x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores15362048
Core clock speed925 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate93.60108.8
Floating-point performance2,995 gflops3,482 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz5448 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s174.3 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 11.53 13.37
Recency 19 November 2012 23 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 250 Watt

The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7870 XT in performance tests.


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