AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

AMD Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
4.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 18 June 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

2x more texture fill rate: 184.8 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
2x better floating-point performance: 5,914 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 820 vs 417
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9437 vs 3661

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	820 vs 417
PassMark - G3D Mark	9437 vs 3661

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

820

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3661

9437

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	820
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661	9437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	Grenada
Launch date	15 May 2016	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	273	280
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$429
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2816
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	6,200 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Compute units		44
Stream Processors		2816
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
Enduro
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore