
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X) Notebook Review
Intel Core i7-4710HQ | AMD Radeon R9 M295X | 15.60" | 3.1 kg
The AMD Radeon R9 M295X is a mobile graphics card that first appeared in the 5K iMac Late 2014 as an upgrade to the Radeon R9 M290X in the base model. The M295X is based on the new Tonga chip and therfore used the third generation of the GCN architecture. The power consumption should be between 100 Watt (like the 780M) to 125 Watts (680MX).
Our gaming benchmarks in the 5K iMac position the M295X usually somewhere between a Geforce GTX 880M to 970M. For demanding games in 5K however, the performance is not enough.
Radeon R9 M200 Series
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Codename | Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | GCN 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 2048 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 850 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 5448 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 125 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||
Transistor Count | 5 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 28 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | large | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 16.10.2014 |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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The Witcher 3 | 94.3 | 62.5 | 36.7 | 17.1 | 14 | |
Dirt Rally | 226.5 | 103.3 | 68.4 | 43 | ||
Battlefield Hardline | 110.3 | 94.3 | 58.4 | 38.9 | ||
Evolve | 132.7 | 89.4 | 61 | 53.3 | ||
Dragon Age: Inquisition | 98 | 48.3 | 44 | 33 | ||
Far Cry 4 | 67.7 | 70.4 | 45.9 | 38.9 | ||
Assassin's Creed Unity | 35.1 | 32.7 | 26.6 | 15.6 | ||
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | 105.9 | 72.6 | 48.9 | 31.9 | ||
F1 2014 | 119 | 100 | 86 | 70 | ||
Ryse: Son of Rome | 100.7 | 69.2 | 41.7 | 37.8 | ||
Alien: Isolation | 132 | 89.3 | 70 | 59 | ||
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | 131.9 | 94.8 | 58 | 44.6 | ||
Fifa 15 | 199 | 188.3 | 104.2 | 57.9 | ||
Sims 4 | 173.1 | 93.8 | 66 | 60.4 | ||
GRID: Autosport | 164.8 | 88.3 | 63 | 52.7 | ||
Watch Dogs | 55.3 | 46 | 38 | 28 | ||
Thief | 51.2 | 52.7 | 51.3 | 32.2 | ||
Need for Speed: Rivals | 30 | 30 | ||||
Battlefield 4 | 105.2 | 93.4 | 89.2 | 39.9 | 21.7 | |
Metro: Last Light | 95.9 | 86.8 | 71.2 | 42.6 | ||
BioShock Infinite | 175.6 | 148.4 | 142 | 65.4 | ||
Tomb Raider | 277.1 | 172.6 | 110.9 | 61.1 | ||
Crysis 3 | 125 | 85 | 59.9 | 31 | ||
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 4 9 10 | 4 15 2 | 1 10 9 2 | 3 15 5 | | 2 1 |
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