AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition: specs and benchmarks

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R9 M295X Mac Edition
Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
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  • Interface MXM-B (3.0)
  • Core clock speed 850 MHz
  • Max video memory 4 GB
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 5448 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2014
Performance 13.22

Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition sales 23 November 2014. This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 3.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 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 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

13.22%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking305
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code nameAmethyst
Market segmentDesktop
Release date23 November 2014 (8 years old)

Technical specs

Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed850 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors5,000 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate108.8of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance3,482 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)
WidthMXM Module

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 have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed5448 MHzof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth174.3 GB/sof 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.3
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 M295X Mac Edition 13.22

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Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 322 Mh/s  

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB, which is slower by 2% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

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