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AMD Radeon RX 490M vs AMD Radeon Pro 450

AMD Radeon RX 490M

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The AMD Radeon RX 490M (formerly known as R9 M490) is a mobile high end graphics cards. It should be based on the new Polaris architecture and manufactured in 14nm FinFET. Up to now it only surfaced in a driver (according to Videocardz.com) and should be announced in mid 2016. The efficiency of Polaris should be greatly improved and therefore the M490 should at least be able to perform like a GeForce GTX 980M.

AMD Radeon Pro 450

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The AMD Radeon Pro 450 is mobile graphics card for laptops that can be found in the entry-level 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 similar Radeon RX 460 (see for benchmarks), the Pro 450 features only 640 shaders (compared to the 896) and achieves a peak performance of 1 TFLOPS (versus the 2.2 of the RX 460). The Pro 455 is 30% faster with 1.3 TFLOPS and the Pro 460 86% faster (peak performance).

The graphics performance in our first tests (e.g. 3DMark 11) is slightly above a GeForce GTX 950M. A major drawback is the small VRAM size of only 2 GB GDDR5. Furthermore, 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 450 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 450 supports DisplayPort 1.2 (although the Polaris chips should support 1.4) 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 450 should use slightly less.

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AMD Radeon RX 490MAMD Radeon Pro 450
Radeon RX 400M Series
Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) compare 2304 256 Bit
Radeon RX 490M
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 compare 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 450 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) compare 2304 256 Bit
Radeon RX 490M
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 compare 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 450 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
CodenamePolarisPolaris 11
ArchitecturePolarisPolaris
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 12DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan
technology14 nm14 nm
Notebook Sizelargelarge
Date of Announcement01.08.2016 27.10.2016
Pipelines640 - unified
Core Speed800 MHz
Memory Speed5080 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Power Consumption75 Watt
Transistors3 Billion
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Link to Manufacturer Pagecreators.radeon.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
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3DMark Vantage
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3DMark 06
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 450
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 450
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
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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.

Ark Survival Evolved

Ark Survival Evolved

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
38.9  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
12  fps
F1 2017

F1 2017

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
95  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
41  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
33  fps
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
63.3  fps
Rocket League

Rocket League

2017
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
47.5  fps
4K 3840x2160
Radeon Pro 450:
19.3  fps
Mass Effect Andromeda

Mass Effect Andromeda

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
68.2  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
26.5  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
16.4  fps
Ghost Recon Wildlands

Ghost Recon Wildlands

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
48.2  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
21.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
18.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
8  fps
For Honor

For Honor

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
82.3  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
29.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
27.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
19.4  fps
Watch Dogs 2

Watch Dogs 2

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
47.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
17.6  fps
Dishonored 2

Dishonored 2

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
29.5  fps
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare

Call of Duty Infinite Warfare

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
58.7  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
36  fps
Farming Simulator 17

Farming Simulator 17

2016
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
63.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
24.7  fps
Battlefield 1

Battlefield 1

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
101  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
24.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
21.7  fps
Civilization VI

Civilization VI

2016
low 1024x768
Radeon Pro 450:
61  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
25.8  fps
Mafia 3

Mafia 3

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
28.3  fps
Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
51.2  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
17.4 18.3 ~ 18 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
7.5  fps
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
153  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
57  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
39.5  fps
Doom

Doom

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
53.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
20.4  fps
The Division

The Division

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
77  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
21.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
15.8  fps
Far Cry Primal

Far Cry Primal

2016
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
29  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
26  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
17  fps
XCOM 2

XCOM 2

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
63.7  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
24.2  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
15.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
5.6  fps
Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider

2016
low 1024x768
Radeon Pro 450:
66.6  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
20.7 20.9 ~ 21 fps
Rainbow Six Siege

Rainbow Six Siege

2015
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
39.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
34.1  fps
Fallout 4

Fallout 4

2015
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 450:
70  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
24.1  fps
Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
Radeon Pro 450:
87  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
18.3  fps
World of Warships

World of Warships

2015
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
44.6  fps
Dota 2 Reborn

Dota 2 Reborn

2015
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
67.2  fps
The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3

2015
low 1024x768
Radeon Pro 450:
40.9  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 450:
20.3  fps
AMD Radeon Pro 450lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Ark Survival Evolved38.912
F1 2017954133
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)63.3
Rocket League47.519.3
Mass Effect Andromeda68.226.516.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands48.221.318.58
For Honor82.329.327.919.4
Watch Dogs 247.417.6
Dishonored 229.5
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare58.736
Farming Simulator 1763.424.7
Battlefield 110124.221.7
Civilization VI6125.8
Mafia 328.3
Deus Ex Mankind Divided51.2187.5
Overwatch1535739.5
Doom53.420.4
The Division7721.615.8
Far Cry Primal292617
XCOM 263.724.215.55.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider66.621
Rainbow Six Siege39.634.1
Fallout 47024.1
Anno 22058718.3
World of Warships44.6
Dota 2 Reborn67.2
The Witcher 340.920.3
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