AMD Radeon R9 M385
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
AMD Radeon R9 M385
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

491
Place in performance rating
496
GCN
Architecture
Fermi
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Code name
GF114
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Type
Laptop
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
$999
Price now
$2.59
0.75
Value for money
17.64
Strato
GPU code name
N13E-GS1-LP
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
336
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Core clock speed
598 MHz
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Transistor count
1,950 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
56.00
Texture fill rate
33.5 billion/sec
1,792 gflops
Floating-point performance
803.7 gflops
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CUDA cores
336
896
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
1100 MHz
Boost clock speed
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2,080 million
Number of transistors
1,950 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
medium sized
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
192bit
1500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
76.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
Up to 2048x1536
1
Eyefinity
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
-
AppAcceleration
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1
FreeSync
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+
HD3D
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
+
TrueAudio
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+
ZeroCore
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-
Enduro
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FXAA
+
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Adaptive VSync
+
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Verde Drivers
+
1
DualGraphics
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1
Switchable graphics
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 API
4.4
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
N/A
6.3
Shader Model
5.1
Not Listed
OpenCL
1.1
+
Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 M385 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M385

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 72.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

1.12% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($2.59 vs $999)

So, AMD Radeon R9 M385 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M .

AMD Radeon R9 M385 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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