AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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 Vega Frontier Edition

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 723 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
4.4x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 3661
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13327

3661

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

417

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327	3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	417
Geekbench - OpenCL	75593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega 10	Amethyst
Launch date	27 June 2017	15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	199	272
Price now	$999.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2048
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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