Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs FirePro D700

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D700 with Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D700
2014
6 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
14.01
+4.7%

D700 outperforms R9 M295X Mac Edition by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking367378
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.693.87
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameTahitiAmethyst
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)23 November 2014 (9 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 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate108.8108.8
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS3.482 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data

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 amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1370 MHz1362 MHz
Memory bandwidth263.0 GB/s174.3 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
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 14.01 13.38
Recency 18 January 2014 23 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 250 Watt

FirePro D700 has a 4.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R9 M295X Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 9.6% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between FirePro D700 and Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition.

Be aware that FirePro D700 is a workstation card while Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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