Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | GeForce GTX 950M 2GB | Radeon R9 M290X |
| Hitman 3 | 297% | 206% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 205% | 135% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 179% | 115% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 205% | 135% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 19% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 330% | 231% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 170% | 108% |
| Genshin Impact | 205% | 135% |
| Far Cry 6 | 342% | 241% |
| The Medium | 281% | 194% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon R9 M290X are noticeably better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 2GB.
The GTX 950M has a 64 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon R9 M290X, but the Radeon R9 M290X has 40 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 950M. As a result, the Radeon R9 M290X exhibits a 31.4 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 950M. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 950M has a 64 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon R9 M290X, but the Radeon R9 M290X has 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 950M. As a result, the Radeon R9 M290X exhibits a 12.6 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 950M. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 950M was released over a year more recently than the Radeon R9 M290X, and so the GTX 950M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Radeon R9 M290X.
The Radeon R9 M290X has 2048 MB more video memory than the GTX 950M, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the Radeon R9 M290X also has superior memory performance overall.
The Radeon R9 M290X has 73.6 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 950M, which means that the memory performance of the Radeon R9 M290X is much better than the GTX 950M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB has 640 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon R9 M290X has 1280. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 950M is 858 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon R9 M290X is 979. The Radeon R9 M290X having 121 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Radeon R9 M290X delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 950M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB requires 50 Watts to run and the Radeon R9 M290X requires 100 Watts. The Radeon R9 M290X requires 50 Watts more than the GTX 950M to run. The difference is significant enough that the Radeon R9 M290X may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 950M.
| Core Speed | 914 MHz |  | vs | 850 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 993 MHz | | vs | 900 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM107-N16P-GT | GCN 1.1 Neptune XT | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
|
vs | Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2015 | | vs | 09 Jan 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 9.9
|
vs | |
10
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600x900 | 7.8
|
vs | |
8.8
|
|
| 1920x1080 | 6
|
vs | |
6.9
|
|
| 2560x1440 | 4.3
|
vs | |
5.1
|
|
| 3840x2160 | 2.6
|
vs | |
3.5
|
|
| Memory | 2048 MB | vs | | 4096 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | | vs | 1200 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | vs | | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 80GB/sec | vs | | 153.6GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | 512 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | vs | | 1280 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | vs | | 47% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | vs | | 80 | |
| Texture Rate | 36.6 GTexel/s | vs | | 68 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | vs | | 32 | |
| Pixel Rate | 14.6 GPixel/s | vs | | 27.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | | vs | 100 Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | 4.4 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-4340M 2.9GHz | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | | 1920x1080 |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first variant of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The first variant of the Maxwell Architecture succeeds the Kepler Architecture. Despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, it has an extremely large L2 Cache which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM107-N16P-GT which has 5 SM activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The central unit runs at 914MHz and goes up to 993MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. Features DirectX 12 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 50W, it may be equipped in average sized notebooks. Performance Because GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is just a higher clocked GeForce GTX 850M v2 2GB, its performance is only about 5% faster than its predecessors and so GeForce GTX 860M 2GB is still faster. Still, it still offers decent gaming at 1920x1080 and most modern games should run fluently at high settings. System Suggestions We recommend a strong processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 950M 2GB. | Radeon R9 M290X is a high-end mobile graphics card based on the second revision of the GCN architecture. It packs a Core codenamed Neptune XT which stirs from the Pitcairn XT Core used on the high-end desktop Radeon HD 7870. The Neptune XT Core offers the same core-configuration as the Pitcairn XT Core (1280:80:32) but has support for DirectX 11.2 and AMD's latest technologies, including AMD PowerTune technology but not AMD TrueAudio technology. The central unit runs at 850MHz and goes up to 900MHz and the memory clock operates at 1200MHz. The rated TDP board is of 100W and thus Radeon R9 M290X is only suited for large laptops. Radeon R9 M290X has been identified as a rebadged Radeon HD 8970M and will offer exactly the same performance. Thus, most demanding games can be played at high-settings fluently, using a 1080p resolution. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||