AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition sales 23 November 2014. This is GCN 3.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.45 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 174.3 GB / s.
Compatibility-wise, this is MXM Module card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 21.58 percent of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile.
General info
Of Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition's architecture, market type and release date.
Architecture
GCN 3.0
Code name
Amethyst
Type
Desktop
Release date
23 November 2014
Technical specs
Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Transistor count
5,000 million
of 21100
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
of 7
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition's 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).
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
GDDR5
Memory clock speed
5448 MHz
of 14000
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition.
Display Connectors
No outputs
API support
APIs supported by Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
21.58
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
322 Mh/s
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS. Comparisons with system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition performance compared to its nearest competitors. All GPU types participate.
100 %
AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac EditionNVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 19 positions in our rating.
