GeForce GTX 485M vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 485M and Radeon R7 Carrizo, 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 R7 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 485M and Radeon R7 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 485M and Radeon R7 Carrizo are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 485M Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 485M has 733% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 485M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 485M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 2−3
ultra / 1080p 7−8 0−1
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 12−14
medium / 1080p 14−16 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 485M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 142% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 485M Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name N12E-GTX-A1 Carrizo
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 6 January 2010 4 June 2015
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 384
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 883.2 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Laptop size large medium sized
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