AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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 R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 24 June 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 723 MHz
23.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2048
3.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	417
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	Hawaii
Launch date	15 May 2016	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	274	275
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	6,200 million
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	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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