Radeon R9 M295X vs Radeon R9 M280X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M295X |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 M295X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 M295X | | Radeon R9 M280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Amethyst (Amethyst XT) | vs | Saturn (Saturn XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 366 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,000 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 723 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 M295X | | Radeon R9 M280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 M295X | | Radeon R9 M280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Nov 2014 | vs | 5 Feb 2015 |
Radeon R9 M295X
23.14 GP/s
Radeon R9 M280X
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 M295X
92.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 M280X
56.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 M295X
160.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 M280X
88.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 M295X
2961.40 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 M280X
1792.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better