ATI Radeon X850 PRO vs R7 M465X

Place in the ranking	652	1396
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	Tropo	R480
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)	1 December 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$279

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	507 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,500 million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	29.60	6.084
Floating-point processing power	0.9472 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	12
TMUs	32	12

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	520 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	33.28 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 M465X 4.62
+2332%

ATI X850 PRO 0.19

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R7 M465X 1780
+2372%

ATI X850 PRO 72

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.62	0.19
Recency	15 May 2016	1 December 2004
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm

R7 M465X has a 2331.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 M465X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X850 PRO in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M465X is a notebook card while Radeon X850 PRO is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.