AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs AMD Radeon R9 M385

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and AMD Radeon R9 M385 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 244
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3322
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3322
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 vs 3322

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385

  • 3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2061 vs 1584
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3002 vs 2433
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3002 vs 2433
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2061 vs 1584
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3002 vs 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3002 vs 2433

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M385

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1584
2061
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
244
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3322
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded AMD Radeon R9 M385
PassMark - G3D Mark 1584 2061
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 244
Geekbench - OpenCL 8802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.07
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded AMD Radeon R9 M385

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Owl Strato
Launch date 13 February 2018 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 950 722
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 2,080 million
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore