AMD Radeon RX Vega vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega and AMD Radeon R9 M485X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 723 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 307.2 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
3.3x better floating-point performance: 9,830 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 3661
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	307.2 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	9,830 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12297 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	882 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

2.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12297

3661

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

417

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark	12297	3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	882	417
Geekbench - OpenCL	67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3992.429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	215.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8455

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.3	GCN 3.0
Code name	Greenland	Amethyst
Launch date	1 April 2017	15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$599.99
Place in performance rating	238	273
Price now	$409.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	38.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	9,830 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2048
Texture fill rate	307.2 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count		5,000 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Technologies
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