AMD Radeon R9 M485X: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 M485X sales 14 May 2016. This is a laptop graphics card based on a GCN 3 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 160.0 GB/s.

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

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 9.44% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking429
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money0.59
ArchitectureGCN 3 (2014−2016)
GPU code nameAmethyst
Market segmentLaptop
Release date14 May 2016 (7 years old)
Current price$2500 of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed723 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors5,000 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate92.54of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance2,961 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M485X's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNone

Memory

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 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed5000 MHzof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory-

Video outputs and ports

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 support

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 performance 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.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

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.

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
Battlefield 5 30−35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 24−27
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
Hitman 3 24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
Battlefield 5 30−35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 24−27
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
Hitman 3 24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
Metro Exodus 14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
Battlefield 5 30−35
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 24−27
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
Hitman 3 14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
Metro Exodus 8−9
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
Battlefield 5 14−16
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Far Cry 5 14−16
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
Hitman 3 9−10
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
Metro Exodus 3−4
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
Battlefield 5 7−8
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 8−9
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon R9 M485X performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 M485X is GeForce GTX 775M, which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.

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Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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