AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs AMD FireStream 9370

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and AMD FireStream 9370 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

AMD FireStream 9370

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1600
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3661 vs 2528

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 23 June 2010
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1600
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661 vs 2528

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9370

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 763 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	763 vs 417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9370

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

763

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3661

2528

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD FireStream 9370
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	763
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661	2528

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD FireStream 9370
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Amethyst	Cypress
Launch date	15 May 2016	23 June 2010
Place in performance rating	272	129
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	1600
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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