AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 M385X 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4102 vs 1994
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 575 vs 267
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 4079

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4102 vs 1994
PassMark - G2D Mark	575 vs 267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821 vs 4079

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

895.9x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49760 vs 17433
35.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4079 vs 115.4

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760 vs 17433
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4079 vs 115.4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M385X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4102

1994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

575

267

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17433

49760

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6821

4079

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.4

4079

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
PassMark - G3D Mark	4102	1994
PassMark - G2D Mark	575	267
Geekbench - OpenCL	17433	49760
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821	4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	115.4	4079
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Baffin	Strato
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	8 August 2016	5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$86
Place in performance rating	570	573
Price now	$179.50
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	33.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1100 MHz
Compute units	14
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.2 TFLOPs	1,971 gflops
GPU Power	35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	896
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
HD3D
Switchable graphics