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AMD Radeon R9 M385X

The AMD Radeon R9 M385X ist a fast mid-range graphics card for laptops. It is based on the GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture (older Strato chip) and is manufactured in 28nm. It offers 14 compute shader s(896 stream processors aka shaders) and a 128 Bit GDDR5 memory interface clocked at 1500 MHz (= 6000 MHz effective). The chip supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 11_1 = DirectX 11.1) and can be found in the Lenovo Y700 with a AMD FX-8800P APU.

Radeon R9 M300 Series

Radeon R9 M395X compare 2048 @ 0.91 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390X compare 2048 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon R9 M395 compare 1792 @ 0.83 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390 compare 1024 @ 0.96 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M385X 896 @ 1.1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M385 compare128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M380 compare 768 @ 1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M370X compare 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M365X compare 640 @ 0.9 - 0.93 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M375 compare 640 @ 1.02 GHz128 Bit @ 2200 MHz
CodenameStrato-XT-M3
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines896 - unified
Core Speed1100 MHz
Memory Speed6000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12 FL11_1, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Transistor Count1.5 Billion
technology28 nm
FeaturesDirectCompute 5.0, OpenCL
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement16.06.2015

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
7.4 pt (8%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
- 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 1024x768
39.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
34.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
19.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
74 (!)  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
64.8 (!)  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
48.4 (!)  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27.8 (!)  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
21.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
22.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
18.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17.5  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
34.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Fallout 4

Fallout 4

2015
low 1280x720
39.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
35.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
39.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
38.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
47.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
50.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
57.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
56  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
41.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Mad Max

Mad Max

2015
med. 1366x768
47.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
32  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
29.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
43  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
40  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
53.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
44.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
124.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
53  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
40.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
60.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
39.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
25.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
50.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
42  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
27.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..