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    GeForce GTX 470M vs Radeon R9 M385

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 470M and Radeon R9 M385, 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 470M stacks up against Radeon R9 M385, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 470M and Radeon R9 M385 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 470M and Radeon R9 M385 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 470M or Radeon R9 M385 here:

    GeForce GTX 470M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M385 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Radeon R9 M385
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 470M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 M385 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 470M has 1532 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M385.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M385 - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M385 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M385 is 250 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 470M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
    low / 720p 21−24 24−27
    medium / 1080p 10−12 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M385 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than GeForce GTX 470M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Radeon R9 M385
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name N11E-GT Strato
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 November 2010 16 June 2015
    Pipelines 288 896
    Core clock speed 1100 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19.7 billion/sec 56.00
    Floating-point performance 616.3 gflops 1,792 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 1500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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