AMD Radeon R7 M445 vs AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M445 and AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 M445

AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M445

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 775 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
2.4x better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 15-25 Watt vs 35 Watt
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 939 vs 336
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 164
6.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5361 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 160
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15-25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	939 vs 336
PassMark - G2D Mark	176 vs 164
Geekbench - OpenCL	5361 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M445
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

939

336

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

164

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5361

782

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M445	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	939	336
PassMark - G2D Mark	176	164
Geekbench - OpenCL	5361	782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	278.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	54.067
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1853

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M445	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Meso	Caicos
Launch date	15 May 2016	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1296	1299
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	920 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	160
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15-25 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity