AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 384
58.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.8 billion / sec
13.3x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 384
11.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 2 GB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Launch date	3 September 2015 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 384
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 580 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128
PassMark - G3D Mark		2360
PassMark - G2D Mark		479

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi
Code name	Grenada	GF104
Launch date	3 September 2015	5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	266	263
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	384
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops	883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 2560	384
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI