AMD Radeon R9 M295X

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

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire	2560 @ 0.85 - 0.9 GHz	2x 256 Bit @ 4800 MHz
Radeon R9 M295X	2048 @ 0.85 GHz	256 Bit @ 5448 MHz
Radeon R9 M290X	1280 @ 0.85 - 0.9 GHz	256 Bit @ 4800 MHz
Radeon R9 M280X	896 @ 0.9 - 1 GHz	128 Bit @ 5500 MHz
Radeon R9 M275	640 @ 0.93 GHz	128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M270	640 @ 0.73 GHz	128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M265X	640 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 4000 MHz

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

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

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy

17.2 pt (19%)

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -94%

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AMD FirePro W7170M -10%

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 -10%

AMD FirePro M6100 -10%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile -10%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M -8%

NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop) -5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile -5%

NVIDIA Quadro M2200 -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M SLI -2%

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

NVIDIA Quadro P3000 3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 5%

AMD Radeon R9 M395 6%

AMD Radeon RX 5500M 8%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 9%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU 11%

NVIDIA Quadro P4000 11%

AMD Radeon 680M 12%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI 15%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 299%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score

min: 17182 avg: 20238 median: 21221 (26%) max: 22311 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	17182
iMac 5K M295X		Radeon R9 M295X		21221
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	22311

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics

min: 32639 avg: 38132 median: 38132 (15%) max: 43625 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	32639
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	43625

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score

min: 5727 avg: 5930 median: 5941 (15%) max: 6123 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	5727
iMac 5K M295X		Radeon R9 M295X		5941
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	6123

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics

min: 6414 avg: 6591 median: 6590.5 (12%) max: 6767 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	6414
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	6767

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics

min: 91716 avg: 181720 median: 181720 (24%) max: 271724 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	91716
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	271724

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score

min: 7943 avg: 8730 median: 8729.5 (18%) max: 9516 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	7943
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	9516

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU

min: 8234 avg: 8851 median: 8850.5 (13%) max: 9467 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	8234
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	9467

AMD Radeon HD 6250 -98%

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Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics -8%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Max-Q -8%

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 -8%

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M -6%

AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) -6%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 -5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M -3%

AMD Radeon R9 M395 -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q -1%

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

AMD Radeon R9 M390X 7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M SLI 8%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 8%

AMD FirePro W7170M 10%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI 11%

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 12%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 12%

AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL 13%

NVIDIA Quadro M4000M 16%

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AMD Radeon RX 6800M 371%

100%

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total

29972 Points (25%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	29972

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX

29938 Points (23%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	29938

ATI Radeon HD 3200 -100%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q -16%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI -14%

AMD FirePro W7170M -13%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile -11%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M -9%

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M -7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI 0%

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 1%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Max-Q 3%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 8%

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 8%

AMD Radeon 680M 10%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 11%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 11%

NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop) 13%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU 242%

100%

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06

35421 Points (54%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	35421

Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high

125.9 fps (24%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	125.9

AMD Radeon HD 7310 -100%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI -24%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M -23%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile -23%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q -20%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M -17%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI -15%

AMD FirePro W7170M -11%

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M -9%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile -5%

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI 7%

NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop) 19%

AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire 19%

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire 20%

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire 23%

NVIDIA Quadro M5000M 23%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI 30%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI 30%

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 (Laptop) 58%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop) 323%

100%

Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit

min: 79.6 avg: 99 median: 99 (36%) max: 118.3 fps

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	79.6
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	118.3

Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit

min: 86.3 avg: 108.7 median: 108.7 (29%) max: 131.1 fps

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Alienware 15 (R9 M295X)	4710HQ	Radeon R9 M295X 723 / 1250 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	86.3
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	131.1

Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit

98 % (98%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	98

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16

393 fps (3%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
iMac 5K M295X		Radeon R9 M295X		393

GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen

179 fps (14%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
iMac 5K M295X		Radeon R9 M295X		179

ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result

5205 points (10%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iMac Retina 5K 27 Late 2014 i7-4790K M295X	4790K	Radeon R9 M295X 850 / 1362 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	5205

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

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.