ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700 vs R9 M485X
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 460 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.63 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | M76 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 May 2016 (8 years ago) | 12 December 2007 (16 years ago) |
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 | 2048 | 120 |
| Core clock speed | 723 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 92.54 | 5.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.961 TFLOPS | 0.168 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 128 | 8 |
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).
| Laptop size | large | medium sized |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-II |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 22.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 10.0 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2016 | 12 December 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 35 Watt |
R9 M485X has an age advantage of 8 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.
ATI Mobility HD 2700, on the other hand, has 614.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M485X and Mobility Radeon HD 2700. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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