NVIDIA CMP 50HX vs AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 50HX 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA CMP 50HX

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 50HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1100 MHz
4814.9x more texture fill rate: 296.6 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 3584 vs 896
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 4 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz

Launch date	24 Jun 2021 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49760 vs 38889

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760 vs 38889

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 50HX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38889

49760

Name	NVIDIA CMP 50HX	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Geekbench - OpenCL	38889	49760
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4079
PassMark - G2D Mark		267
PassMark - G3D Mark		1994
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)

	NVIDIA CMP 50HX	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 2.0
Code name	TU102	Strato
Launch date	24 Jun 2021	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	568	572
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	896
Pixel fill rate	123.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	18600 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,971 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Width	116 mm, 4.6 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	560.0 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore