ION LE vs Radeon R9 M385X

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	585	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.39	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Strato-XT-M3	ION
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2015 (9 years ago)	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Current price	$999	$72

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	896	16
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,080 million	282 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	61.60	3.600
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M385X and ION LE compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Width	no data	IGP

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

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

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

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

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.3	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	Not Listed	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 June 2015	3 June 2008
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm

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