Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 950M 2GB | Radeon R9 M265X |
| Hitman 3 | 297% | 717% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 205% | 528% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 179% | 474% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 205% | 528% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 217% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 330% | 783% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 170% | 456% |
| Genshin Impact | 205% | 528% |
| Far Cry 6 | 342% | 808% |
| The Medium | 281% | 683% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 2GB are massively better than the AMD Radeon R9 M265X.
The GTX 950M has a 339 MHz higher core clock speed and the same number of Texture Mapping Units as the Radeon R9 M265X. This results in the GTX 950M providing 13.6 GTexel/s better texturing performance. 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 339 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon R9 M265X and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the GTX 950M providing 5.4 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. 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 M265X, 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 M265X.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB and the Radeon R9 M265X have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GTX 950M has 16 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Radeon R9 M265X, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 950M is slightly better than the Radeon R9 M265X.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB has 640 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon R9 M265X has 384. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 950M is 858 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon R9 M265X is 240. The GTX 950M having 618 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 950M delivers a significantly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Radeon R9 M265X.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB requires 50 Watts to run and the Radeon R9 M265X requires 35 Watts. The GTX 950M requires 15 Watts more than the Radeon R9 M265X to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GTX 950M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon R9 M265X.
| Core Speed | 914 MHz |  | vs | 575 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 993 MHz | | vs | 625 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM107-N16P-GT | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
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vs | Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great |
| vs | - | |
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2015 | | vs | 09 Jan 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 9.9
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vs | 7.5
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| 1600x900 | 7.8
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vs | 5.6
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| 1920x1080 | 6
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vs | 4.1
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| 2560x1440 | 4.3
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vs | 2.9
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| 3840x2160 | 2.6
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vs | 1.8
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| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | | 2048 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | | vs | 1000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 80GB/sec | | vs | 64GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | 256 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | | vs | 384 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | | vs | 12% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | | 40 |
| Texture Rate | 36.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 23 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | | vs | | 16 |
| Pixel Rate | 14.6 GPixel/s | | vs | 9.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | vs | | 35 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | 11.2 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | 4.3 | |
| 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 | vs | | Intel Core i5-4200M 2.5GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | 1600x900 | |
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| 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. | Overview Radeon R9 M265X is a middle-class Mobile Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Graphics Core Next Architecture. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 5 SM activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs, on a 192-bit memory interface of fast GDDR5. The central unit runs at 575MHz and goes up to 625MHz, in Turbo Mode, while the memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.2 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerPlay, PowerTune, Mantle, Enduro and other technologies. Temperature N/A. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 35W, it will only be equipped in medium sized notebooks. Performance Its performance is almost identical to Radeon HD 8850M and therefore lies between GeForce GT 750M and GeForce GT 755M. Thus, the card is not suited for 1080p but will handle 720p with ease. System Suggestions We recommend strong Dual Core Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile Quad Core) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with Radeon R9 M265X. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||