AMD Radeon R9 M385 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M385

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 967 MHz
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 967 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 56 GTexel / s
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3002
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3002
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3322
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3322
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 244
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 2061

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	941 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.3 GTexel / s vs 56 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,599 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3322
PassMark - G2D Mark	276 vs 244
PassMark - G3D Mark	3450 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3002

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3002

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

3353

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

276

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2061

3450

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3002	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3002	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322	3353
PassMark - G2D Mark	244	276
PassMark - G3D Mark	2061	3450
Geekbench - OpenCL		12462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1336

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M385	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Strato	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	722	725
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	967 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	941 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops	2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s	108.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Pipelines		1344
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		100 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA