AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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 - 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 RX 590

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 723 MHz
2404.1x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9390 vs 3661
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 November 2018 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1469 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9390 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	789 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

417x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9390

3661

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

789

417

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark	9390	3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	789	417
Geekbench - OpenCL	45917
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4757

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Polaris 30	Amethyst
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	15 November 2018	15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	278	275
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1469 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	7.1 TFLOPs	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pixel fill rate	49.54 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s	92.54 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,000 million
Pipelines		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
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