AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
Around 56% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G2D Mark	417
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		27566
Geekbench - OpenCL		70535

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Amethyst	Pitcairn
Launch date	15 May 2016	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	272	165
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1024
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	2,800 million
Boost clock speed		925 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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