Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Amethyst (Amethyst XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 366 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,000 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 909 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1365 MHz
5460 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 5 May 2015 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better