GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M265, which has a core clock frequency of 725 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 950M		3330 points
Radeon R7 M265		3256 points
	Difference: 74 (2%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M should be quite a bit (about 110%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19160 (110%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M should be a lot (approximately 152%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 M265, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8824 (152%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.