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    Radeon R9 M385 vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX 550 mobile, 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 Radeon R9 M385 stacks up against Radeon RX 550 mobile, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX 550 mobile 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 Radeon R9 M385 or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

    Radeon R9 M385 Laptops
    Radeon RX 550 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R9 M385 Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M385 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX 550 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon R9 M385 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
    • Radeon R9 M385 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 4500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M385.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 24−27 35−40
    medium / 1080p 12−14 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than Radeon R9 M385.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R9 M385 Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Architecture GCN Polaris
    Code name Strato Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 16 June 2015 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 896 640
    Core clock speed 1287 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1476 MHz
    Transistor count 2,080 million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 56.00 51.48
    Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops 1,647 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.3 6.4
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL Not Listed 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    FreeSync + +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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