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    GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon R9 M385X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R9 M385X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 950M stacks up against Radeon R9 M385X, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R9 M385X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R9 M385X are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 950M or Radeon R9 M385X here:

    GeForce GTX 950M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M385X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 950M Radeon R9 M385X
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 950M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 M385X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R9 M385X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M385X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M385X is 186 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.
    • GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R9 M385X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M385X is 500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 8−9
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
    low / 720p 27−30 18−20
    medium / 1080p 16−18 10−11
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 60% more, than Radeon R9 M385X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 950M Radeon R9 M385X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N16P-GT Strato-XT-M3
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 16 June 2015
    Pipelines 640 896
    Core clock speed 914 MHz 1100 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1100 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 44.96 61.60
    Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 1,971 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 1500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.5 Mh/s
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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