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.
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
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 M385 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M |
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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 | 12736 | |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 730 | 733 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | Not Listed | 1.1 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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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 |
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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 |