Notebookcheck Logo

AMD Radeon Pro 455

The AMD Radeon Pro 455 is mobile graphics card for laptops that can be found in the high-end model of the Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15 Late 2016. It is based on the small Polaris 11 chip which is manufactured in 14 nm FinFET at Globalfoundries. Compared to the Radeon RX 460 (see for benchmarks), the Pro 455 features only 768 instead of 896 shaders and definately lower clock speeds. The peak performance is rated at 1.3 TFLOPS and therefore 30% faster than the Pro 450, but clearly slower than the 1.86 TFLOPS of the Pro 460 and 2.2 TFLOPS of the RX460. The performance of the card could be similar to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M as the RX 460 is similar to the GTX 965M. A major drawback is the small VRAM size of only 2 GB GDDR5. The optional Radeon Pro 460 offers 4 GB of VRAM, 1024 shaders and 1.86 TFLOPS and should be similar to the RX 460.

Apple and AMD don't provide driver updates for Windows using Bootcamp. The only option is to use modified drivers from BootcampDrivers.com.

The features of the Radeon Pro 455 are identical to the faster RX 460 and all other Polaris chips. See more details on the Polaris architecture here. According to AMD, the Pro 455 support DisplayPort 1.2 (altough 1.4 is supported by Polaris) and HDMI 2.0 (via USB-C adapter).

The power envelope of the faster Radeon Pro 460 is rated at 35 Watt according to the AMD blog post. Due to the slower specs, the Radeon Pro 455 should use slightly less.

Radeon RX 400M Series

Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) compare 2304 256 Bit
Radeon RX 490M compare
Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) compare 896 @ 1.18 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon Pro 460 compare 1024 @ 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 455 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 450 compare 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
CodenamePolaris 11
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines768 - unified
Core Speed855 MHz
Memory Speed5000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan
Power Consumption<35 Watt
Transistor Count3 Billion
technology14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement27.10.2016
Link to Manufacturer Pagecreators.radeon.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
specvp12 3dsmax-05 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
146  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
59.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
34.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
54.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
44.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
high 1920x1080
40.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
34.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
high 1920x1080
33.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
28.8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
high 1920x1080
71.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25.8  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
22.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
109  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
69  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Mafia 3

Mafia 3

2016
low 1280x720
32.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
15.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
59.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
178  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
65.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.1  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
18.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Doom

Doom

2016
low 1280x720
53.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
19.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x768
33.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
21.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
19.3  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
75  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
88  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
25.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
18.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 4xAF 1920x1080
52
low 1280x720
70  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
32  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
30  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
20  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
XCOM 2

XCOM 2

2016
low 1280x720
70  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
27.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
5.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
84  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
18.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
162  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
52.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
33.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Fallout 4

Fallout 4

2015
high 1920x1080
27.8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
86  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1366x768
188  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
70.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
53  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
high 1920x1080
67.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
61.5  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
22.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
69.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
GTA V

GTA V

2015
high 1920x1080
37.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
ultra 1920x1080
50.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
230  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
37.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Resident Evil 714659.434.619.7
Watch Dogs 254.420.7
Dishonored 244.120.6
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare40.234.4
Titanfall 233.128.8
Farming Simulator 1771.725.822.8
Battlefield 110928.925.3
Civilization VI6928.821.6
Mafia 332.815.1
FIFA 17107
Deus Ex Mankind Divided59.521.58.9
Overwatch17865.830.118.7
Doom53.119.8
Ashes of the Singularity33.821.319.3
Hitman 20167520.4
The Division8825.218.5
Far Cry Primal70323020
XCOM 27027.217.95.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider8424.918.3
Rainbow Six Siege16252.733.7
Fallout 427.8
Anno 22058617.57.7
World of Warships18870.753
Dota 2 Reborn67.261.522.8
The Witcher 369.524.614.2
GTA V37.111.1
Sims 450.6
BioShock Infinite23037.8
Counter-Strike: GO145
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

6
9
5
2
2

15
6
4
13
6
2
1



3


For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Add one or more devices and compare

In the following list you can select (and also search for) devices that should be added to the comparison. You can select more than one device.

restrict list:

show all (including archived), 2024, 2023
v1.26
log 16. 15:54:33

#0 no ids found in url (should be separated by "_") +0s ... 0s

#1 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#2 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Sat, 16 Mar 2024 05:38:32 +0100 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#3 composed specs +0.038s ... 0.039s

#4 did output specs +0s ... 0.039s

#5 start showIntegratedCPUs +0s ... 0.039s

#6 getting avg benchmarks for device 7592 +0.013s ... 0.052s

#7 got single benchmarks 7592 +0.008s ... 0.06s

#8 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.06s

#9 min, max, avg, median took s +0.556s ... 0.615s

#10 before gaming benchmark output +0s ... 0.615s

#11 Got 74 rows for game benchmarks. +0.007s ... 0.623s

#12 composed SQL query for gamebenchmarks +0s ... 0.623s

#13 got data and put it in $dataArray +0.022s ... 0.644s

#14 benchmarks composed for output. +0.654s ... 1.299s

#15 return log +0.042s ... 1.341s

Please share our article, every link counts!

» Comparison of GPUs
Detailed list of all laptop GPUs sorted by class and performance.

» Benchmark List
Sort and restrict laptop GPUs based on performance in synthetic benchmarks.

» Notebook Gaming List
Playable games for each graphics card and their average FPS results.

Class 0

Arc A380

Class 1

Class 2

Radeon PRO W6600M *

Class 3

UHD Graphics 32EUs
UHD Graphics 750

Class 4

Class 5

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter