AMD Radeon R8 M445DX vs AMD Radeon R9 M275

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and AMD Radeon R9 M275 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 10% higher pipelines: 704 vs 640
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 9231
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2636 vs 1162
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2636 vs 1162
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1717
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1717
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 28 January 2014
Boost clock speed 1021 MHz vs 925 MHz
Pipelines 704 vs 640
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21666 vs 9231
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2636 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2636 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1717

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275

  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 181
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1115 vs 797
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 vs 181
PassMark - G3D Mark 1115 vs 797

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M275

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
181
569
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
797
1115
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
21666
9231
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2636
1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2636
1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1717
Name AMD Radeon R8 M445DX AMD Radeon R9 M275
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1427
PassMark - G2D Mark 181 569
PassMark - G3D Mark 797 1115
Geekbench - OpenCL 21666 9231
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2636 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2636 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 1717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 313.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.685

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX AMD Radeon R9 M275

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Meso Venus
Launch date 15 May 2016 28 January 2014
Place in performance rating 1001 1004
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $799.99
Price now $699.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1021 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 704 640
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,500 million
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 128 + 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type DDR4 / DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz