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    Radeon R9 M295X vs Radeon R9 M470X

    Radeon R9 M295X
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 23 Nov 2014
    Radeon R9 M295X
    Radeon R9 M470X
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 15 May 2016
    Radeon R9 M470X

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 M470X

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon R9 M295X

    HWBench recommends Radeon R9 M295X

    Based on theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    Radeon R9 M295XRadeon R9 M470X
    GPU NameAmethyst (Amethyst XT)vsStrato (Strato XT)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size366 mm²vs160 mm²
    Transistors5,000 millionvs2,080 million
    Shaders2048vs896
    Compute Units32vs14
    Core clock723 MHzvs1000 MHz
    ROPs32vs16
    TMUs128vs56

    Memory Configuration

    Radeon R9 M295XRadeon R9 M470X
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1250 MHz
    5000 MHz effective    		vs1500 MHz
    6000 MHz effective
    Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    Radeon R9 M295XRadeon R9 M470X
    TDP250 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date23 Nov 2014vs15 May 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • Radeon R9 M295X
      23.14 GP/s
    • Radeon R9 M470X
      17.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • Radeon R9 M295X
      92.50 GT/s
    • Radeon R9 M470X
      61.60 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • Radeon R9 M295X
      160.00 GB/s
    • Radeon R9 M470X
      96.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • Radeon R9 M295X
      2961.40 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R9 M470X
      1971.20 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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