Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs R9 380X

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 380X with Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

R9 380X
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 190 Watt
16.03
+19.7%

R9 380X outperforms R9 M295X Mac Edition by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking329378
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.97no data
Power efficiency5.843.71
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameAntiguaAmethyst
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date19 November 2015 (8 years ago)23 November 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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
Compute units32no data
Core clock speedno data850 MHz
Boost clock speed970 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,000 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate124.2108.8
Floating-point processing power3.973 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors​2 x 6-pinno data
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed970 MHz1362 MHz
Memory bandwidth182.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.3
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle+-

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 16.03 13.39
Recency 19 November 2015 23 November 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 250 Watt

R9 380X has a 19.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, and 31.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 380X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 380X is a desktop card while Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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