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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.

ManufacturerAMD
Radeon R9 M300 Series
Radeon R9 M395X (compare) 2048 @ 909 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390X (compare) 2048 @ 723 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon R9 M395 (compare) 1792 @ 834 MHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390 (compare) 1024 @ 958 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M385X 896 @ 1100 MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M385 (compare)128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M380 (compare) 768 @ 1000 MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M370X (compare) 640 @ 800 MHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M365X (compare) 640 @ 900 - 925 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M375 (compare) 640 @ 1015 MHz128 Bit @ 2200 MHz
CodenameStrato-XT-M3
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines896 - unified
Core Speed1100 MHz
Memory Speed6000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4096 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 12 FL11_1, Shader 5.0
Transistor Count1500 Million
technology28 nm
FeaturesDirectCompute 5.0, OpenCL
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement16.06.2015

Benchmarks

3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
min: 8890     avg: 8982     median: 8982 (18%)     max: 9074 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 22418     avg: 22544     median: 22544 (14%)     max: 22670 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
min: 2879     avg: 2930.5     median: 2930.5 (13%)     max: 2982 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
min: 3340     avg: 3404.5     median: 3404.5 (8%)     max: 3469 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
87123 Points (12%)
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 4350     avg: 4456.5     median: 4456.5 (16%)     max: 4563 points
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 5509     avg: 5514.5     median: 5514.5 (11%)     max: 5520 points
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3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
58.2 fps (26%)
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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +
Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +
Ref. Match 64Bit +
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
735 Samples/s (14%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only
1331 Samples/s (13%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
3559 Points (16%)
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* 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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Rise of the Tomb Raider
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.
Rainbow Six Siege
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.
Just Cause 3
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.
Star Wars Battlefront
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.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
low 1024x768
13.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
12.5  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..
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
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..
FIFA 16

FIFA 16

2015
ultra 1920x1080
59.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Metal Gear Solid V
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