Radeon R9 M385 vs Tesla M2070 Q

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 M385 and Tesla M2070 Q, 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 Tesla M2070 Q, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M385 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M385 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 Radeon R9 M385 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon R9 M385 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 M385 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Tesla M2070 Q uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M385.
  • Radeon R9 M385 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M2070 Q - in Desktops.
  • Radeon R9 M385 is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Radeon R9 M385 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla M2070 Q - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M2070 Q is 1632 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M385.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 3−4
ultra / 1080p 6−7 1−2
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M385 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 M385 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture GCN Fermi
Code name Strato GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 16 June 2015 25 July 2011
Pipelines 896 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 56.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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