Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

Radeon R9 M295X vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

The Radeon R9 M295X comes with a core clock frequency of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1375 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 470, which comes with GPU clock speed of 926 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 120 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X 125 Watts
Difference: 5 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 470 should be 20% quicker than the Radeon R9 M295X overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 211200 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M295X 176000 MB/sec
Difference: 35200 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 is quite a bit (approximately 23%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M295X. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 118528 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X 96000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 22528 (23%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 will be a lot (more or less 23%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R9 M295X, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 29632 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X 24000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5632 (23%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Radeon R9 M295X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon RX 470

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Specifications

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model Radeon R9 M295X Radeon RX 470
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year 2014 August 2016
Code Name Unknown Polaris 10
Memory 4096 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 750 MHz 926 MHz
Memory Speed 5500 MHz 6600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 125 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 176000 MB/sec 211200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 96000 Mtexels/sec 118528 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 24000 Mpixels/sec 29632 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 2048 2048
Texture Mapping Units 128 128
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 14 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 5700 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11.2 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.3 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Radeon R9 M295X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon RX 470

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield