Radeon R7 Graphics vs R9 M385X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking629not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameStratoSpectre
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)11 January 2014 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores896512
Core clock speed1000 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz836 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rate61.6023.04
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPS0.7373 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs5632

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsMotherboard Dependent
Eyefinity+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.1
Vulkan-1.2.170
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 11 January 2014

R9 M385X has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M385X and Radeon R7 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M385X is a notebook card while Radeon R7 Graphics is a desktop one.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Radeon R7 Graphics

Other comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.2 5 votes

Rate Radeon R9 M385X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.3 1500 votes

Rate Radeon R7 Graphics on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can give us your opinion about Radeon R9 M385X or Radeon R7 Graphics, agree or disagree with our ratings, or report errors or inaccuracies on the site.