AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and AMD Radeon R9 Fury 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 Fury

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
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
10x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 10 July 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Fury

2.4x more texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
2.4x better floating-point performance: 7,168 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 417
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9556 vs 3661

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	7,168 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	789 vs 417
PassMark - G3D Mark	9556 vs 3661

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 Fury

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

789

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3661

9556

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 Fury
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	789
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661	9556
Geekbench - OpenCL		53258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		141.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3600.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		133.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		791.572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4739

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	AMD Radeon R9 Fury
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Amethyst	Fiji
Launch date	15 May 2016	10 July 2015
Place in performance rating	280	281
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$399.99
Value for money (0-100)		35.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	7,168 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	3584
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	224.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	8,900 million
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Compute units		56
Stream Processors		3584
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x 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	2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4096 bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Shared memory	0	0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
Enduro
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)