Radeon PRO W7900 vs R9 M295X Mac Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition with Radeon PRO W7900, including specs and performance data.

R9 M295X Mac Edition
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
13.39

PRO W7900 outperforms R9 M295X Mac Edition by a whopping 470% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking37812
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data16.64
Power efficiency3.8618.68
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAmethystNavi 31
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date23 November 2014 (9 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,999

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 cores20486144
Core clock speed850 MHz1855 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2495 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt295 Watt
Texture fill rate108.8958.1
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS61.32 TFLOPS
ROPs32192
TMUs128384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data280 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1362 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth174.3 GB/s864.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

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 13.39 76.37
Recency 23 November 2014 13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 295 Watt

R9 M295X Mac Edition has 18% lower power consumption.

PRO W7900, on the other hand, has a 470.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon PRO W7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon PRO W7900 is a workstation one.


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