Radeon R9 M485X: specs and benchmarks

Aggregate performance score

Radeon R9 M485X provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 9.49% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.

Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 M485X sales 15 May 2016. This is a laptop graphics card based on a GCN 3.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.25 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 160.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 250 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M485X: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking465
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency2.64of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameAmethyst
Market segmentLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Radeon R9 M485X's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M485X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed723 MHzof 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors5,000 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate92.54of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power2.961 TFLOPSof 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs32of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs128of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 M485X and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M485X: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1250 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M485X. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API compatibility

APIs supported by Radeon R9 M485X, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.3
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M485X. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 M485X 9.49

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 M485X 3660

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon R9 M485X is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
Battlefield 5 27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 21−24
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
Hitman 3 18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
Metro Exodus 30−33
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
Battlefield 5 27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 21−24
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
Hitman 3 18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
Metro Exodus 30−33
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 21−24
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
Hitman 3 18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Far Cry 5 10−12
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
Hitman 3 12−14
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
Metro Exodus 12−14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
Hitman 3 6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
Metro Exodus 7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 5−6
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10

Closest competitors

Radeon R9 M485X's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 M485X is GeForce GTX 775M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.

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