Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs R9 M295X Mac Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition with Radeon RX 580 2048SP, including specs and performance data.

R9 M295X Mac Edition
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
13.40

RX 580 2048SP outperforms R9 M295X Mac Edition by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking383276
Place by popularitynot in top-10053
Power efficiency3.679.11
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameAmethystPolaris 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date23 November 2014 (10 years ago)15 October 2018 (6 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed850 MHz1168 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1284 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate108.8164.4
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS5.259 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs128128

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1362 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth174.3 GB/s224.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
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.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.40 19.94
Recency 23 November 2014 15 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

RX 580 2048SP has a 48.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 580 2048SP is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon RX 580 2048SP is a desktop one.


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