AMD Radeon R9 M385X vs NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385X and NVIDIA GRID K120Q 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

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 192
6x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1994 vs 293

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 2 July 2014
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994 vs 293

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 267

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	278 vs 267

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K120Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

278

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1994

293

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4079
PassMark - G2D Mark	267	278
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994	293
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	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Strato	GK107
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	2 July 2014
Place in performance rating	573	574
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	192
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		130 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore