AMD Radeon Pro SSG vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro SSG and AMD Radeon R9 M485X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro SSG

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 723 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
4.1x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10972 vs 3661
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 588 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10972 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	588 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro SSG
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10972

3661

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

588

417

Name	AMD Radeon Pro SSG	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark	10972	3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	588	417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7766

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro SSG	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega 10	Amethyst
Launch date	8 August 2017	15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,999
Place in performance rating	158	272
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2048
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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