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    Radeon R9 M385 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL 870

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870, 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 Vega M GL 870, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 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 Vega M GL 870 here:

    Radeon R9 M385 Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R9 M385 Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M385 and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon R9 M385 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - with Vega.
    • Radeon R9 M385 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 24−27 60−65
    medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon R9 M385.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R9 M385 Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
    Architecture GCN Vega
    Code name Strato Vega Kaby Lake-G
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 16 June 2015 7 January 2018
    Pipelines 896 1280
    Core clock speed 931 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1011 MHz
    Transistor count 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 56.00
    Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12_1
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size medium sized medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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