AMD Radeon R9 M385X vs ATI FireMV 2250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385X and ATI FireMV 2250 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 - 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

ATI FireMV 2250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
25.7x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
43.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1994 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 267

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 267

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385X
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1994

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	ATI FireMV 2250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4079
PassMark - G2D Mark	267	290
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	ATI FireMV 2250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Strato	RV516
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	572	569
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	107 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		32 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore