GeForce GTX 485M vs Radeon R9 M360

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 485M and Radeon R9 M360, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 485M stacks up against Radeon R9 M360, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 485M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 485M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 485M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 485M Radeon R9 M360
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 485M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 M360 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M360 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 485M.
  • GeForce GTX 485M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 M360 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 485M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M360 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M360 is 516 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 485M.
  • GeForce GTX 485M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M360 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 485M is 375 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 8−9
ultra / 1080p 7−8 4−5
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 18−20
medium / 1080p 14−16 9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 485M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon R9 M360.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 485M Radeon R9 M360
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name N12E-GTX-A1 Tropo
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 6 January 2010 5 May 2015
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 384 900 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion/sec 29.60
Floating-point performance 883.2 gflops 947.2 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 8
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