AMD Radeon R9 M385X
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M270X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

477
Place in performance rating
591
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Strato
Code name
Venus
Laptop
Type
Desktop
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
21 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$999
Price now
no data
0.80
Value for money
no data
Strato-XT-M3
GPU code name
Venus
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

896
Pipelines
640
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
775 MHz
2,080 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
61.60
Texture fill rate
31.00
1,971 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
no data
Compute units
10
896
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1100 MHz
Boost clock speed
775 MHz
2,080 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
large
Laptop size
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x16

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 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1125 MHz
76.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Eyefinity
1

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
-
1
FreeSync
1
+
HD3D
+
+
PowerTune
+
-
TrueAudio
-
+
ZeroCore
+
-
Enduro
-
1
DualGraphics
1
1
Switchable graphics
1
+
DirectCompute 5.0
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.4
OpenGL
4.4
6.3
Shader Model
5.1
Not Listed
OpenCL
Not Listed
+
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 M385X and AMD Radeon R9 M270X 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 M385X or AMD Radeon R9 M270X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
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 M385X

1.46% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (896 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M270X

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon R9 M385X or AMD Radeon R9 M270X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M385X .

AMD Radeon R9 M385X versus AMD Radeon R9 M270X performance benchmarks comparison

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