Radeon R9 M395X vs RX 570 Mobile
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 353 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Polaris (2016−2019) | GCN 3 (2014−2016) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 10 Pro | Amethyst XT |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 January 2017 (7 years old) | 16 October 2014 (9 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599.99 | no data |
| Current price | $246 (0.4x MSRP) | no data |
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 cores | 2048 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1206 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 5,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 154.4 | 92.54 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,940 gflops | 2,961 gflops |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon RX 570 Mobile and Radeon R9 M395X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 160.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | no data | 1 |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | no data | - |
| Enduro | no data | - |
| FreeSync | + | 1 |
| HD3D | no data | + |
| PowerTune | no data | + |
| DualGraphics | no data | 1 |
| TrueAudio | no data | + |
| ZeroCore | no data | + |
| Switchable graphics | no data | 1 |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | Not Listed |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
| Mantle | no data | + |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 5 January 2017 | 16 October 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 250 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 570 Mobile and Radeon R9 M395X. We've got no test results to judge.
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