Radeon E8950 and Radeon E9550 MXM - video card comparison
Radeon E8950
Radeon E9550 MXM
Architecture
GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Amethyst
Ellesmere
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2015
September 2016
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
1266 MHz
Core clock speed
735 MHz
1120 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
5,834 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
5,000 million
5,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
95 Watt
95 Watt
Texture fill rate
128.0
182.3
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s
160.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.3
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131