Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.03

R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a considerable 48% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking480381
Place by popularity29not in top-100
Power efficiency42.033.74
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameVegaAmethyst
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)23 November 2014 (10 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 cores5122048
Core clock speedno data850 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data108.8
Floating-point processing powerno data3.482 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data128

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).

Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1362 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data174.3 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.3
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD22
−36.4%
30−35
+36.4%
1440p16
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
4K10
−40%
14−16
+40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
−42.1%
27−30
+42.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
−35%
27−30
+35%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−42.9%
40−45
+42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−42.1%
27−30
+42.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−42.9%
30−33
+42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−47.5%
90−95
+47.5%
Hitman 3 15
−40%
21−24
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−47.1%
75−80
+47.1%
Metro Exodus 35
−42.9%
50−55
+42.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−36.4%
45−50
+36.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
−38.9%
50−55
+38.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−41.7%
85−90
+41.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−42.9%
40−45
+42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−42.1%
27−30
+42.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−40%
14−16
+40%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−42.9%
30−33
+42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−47.5%
90−95
+47.5%
Hitman 3 15
−40%
21−24
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−47.1%
75−80
+47.1%
Metro Exodus 25
−40%
35−40
+40%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−40%
35−40
+40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
−48.1%
40−45
+48.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−40%
35−40
+40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−41.7%
85−90
+41.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−42.1%
27−30
+42.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−42.9%
30−33
+42.9%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−47.5%
90−95
+47.5%
Hitman 3 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
−45.8%
35−40
+45.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
−30.4%
30−33
+30.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
−42.9%
30−33
+42.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
−40%
7−8
+40%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−41%
55−60
+41%
Hitman 3 10
−40%
14−16
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
−35%
27−30
+35%
Metro Exodus 17
−41.2%
24−27
+41.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−44.1%
85−90
+44.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Hitman 3 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−35.1%
50−55
+35.1%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and R9 M295X Mac Edition compete in popular games:

  • R9 M295X Mac Edition is 36% faster in 1080p
  • R9 M295X Mac Edition is 31% faster in 1440p
  • R9 M295X Mac Edition is 40% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.03 13.39
Recency 7 January 2020 23 November 2014
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 250 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

R9 M295X Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 48.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


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