AMD Radeon R9 M385 vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
- Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
- Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
- Around 81% better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2061 vs 1638
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 May 2015 vs 1 April 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz vs 725 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 56 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops vs 992.0 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2061 vs 1638 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M
- 3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
- Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 3002
- Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 3002
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3322
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3322
- 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 244
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz vs 1500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3702 vs 3002 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3702 vs 3002 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 vs 3322 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 vs 3322 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 629 vs 244 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M385 | AMD Radeon HD 8870M |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3002 | 3702 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3002 | 3702 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3322 | 3357 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3322 | 3357 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 244 | 629 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2061 | 1638 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9065 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 24.097 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 465.496 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.211 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.126 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 106.848 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 M385 | AMD Radeon HD 8870M | |
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| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Strato | Venus |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 300 Series | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series |
| Launch date | 5 May 2015 | 1 April 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 722 | 726 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops | 992.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 56 GTexel / s | 31 GTexel / s |
| Transistor count | 2,080 million | 1,500 million |
| Compute units | 10 | |
| Pipelines | 640 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | large |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| Mantle | ||
| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB / s | 72 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 4500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| DirectCompute 5.0 | ||
| DualGraphics | ||
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