RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs Radeon R9 M295X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking382not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.72no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAmethystGA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date23 November 2014 (10 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores20484096
Core clock speed723 MHz495 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1170 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate92.54149.8
Floating-point processing power2.961 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128128
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeNot ListedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount0 MB12 GB
Memory bus widthNot Listed192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXNot Listed12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkan-1.3
Mantle+-
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2014 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 70 Watt

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has an age advantage of 6 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M295X and RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M295X is a notebook graphics card while RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R9 M295X
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