AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 31 August 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 723 MHz
22.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2048
2.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	417
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Amethyst	New Zealand
Launch date	15 May 2016	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	272	321
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-pin
Length		292 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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