AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs AMD Radeon HD 6610M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and AMD Radeon HD 6610M 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 Radeon HD 6610M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 450 MHz
8.6x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
4.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 480
6.9x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3661 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661 vs 565

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6610M

9.6x lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	527 vs 417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6610M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

527

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3661

565

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon HD 6610M
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	527
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon HD 6610M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Amethyst	Whistler
Launch date	15 May 2016	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	273	270
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	480
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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