Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Radeon HD 8850M | Radeon R9 M275 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 528% | 414% |
| Hitman 3 | 717% | 568% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 474% | 370% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 528% | 414% |
| FIFA 21 | 217% | 159% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 783% | 623% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 456% | 355% |
| The Medium | 683% | 541% |
| Genshin Impact | 528% | 414% |
| Far Cry 6 | 808% | 643% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon R9 M275 are noticeably better than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon R9 M275 has no core clock speed set, so any comparison between Texture and Pixel Fill Rates is not currently possible.
The Radeon R9 M275 was released less than a year after the Radeon HD 8850M, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
The Radeon HD 8850M and the Radeon R9 M275 have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The Radeon R9 M275 has 32 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Radeon HD 8850M, which means that the memory performance of the Radeon R9 M275 is noticeably better than the Radeon HD 8850M.
Both the Radeon HD 8850M and the Radeon R9 M275 have 640 Shader Processing Units. While the two GPUs have the same number of SPUs, the actual performance delivered by the Radeon HD 8850M is 496 and by the Radeon R9 M275 is 0. Knowing that the shader performance of the Radeon HD 8850M is superior, it is not necessary to examine the GPUs' respective Texture and Pixel Fill Rates.
The Radeon HD 8850M requires 45 Watts to run and the Radeon R9 M275 requires 50 Watts. The Radeon R9 M275 requires 5 Watts more than the Radeon HD 8850M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the Radeon R9 M275 to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon HD 8850M.
| Core Speed | 625 MHz |  | vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 775 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | Venus XT | |||
| OC Potential | Fair | vs |
| Good | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Apr 2013 | vs | | 09 Mar 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | |  | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 7.2
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vs | - | |
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| 1600x900 | 5.5
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vs | - | |
| 1920x1080 | 4.1
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vs | - | |
| 2560x1440 | 2.6
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vs | - | |
| 3840x2160 | 1.8
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vs | - | |
| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | | 2048 MB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz | | vs | | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 32GB/sec | vs | | 64GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | |
vs | - | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | | vs | | 640 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 24% | | vs | - | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | | 40 |
| Texture Rate | 25 GTexel/s | | vs | - | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | | vs | | 16 |
| Pixel Rate | 10 GPixel/s | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 45 Watts | | vs | 50 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.1 | vs | | 11.2 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.2 | vs | | 4.3 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | | vs | Intel Core i7-4600M 2-Core 2.9GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1366x768 | vs | | 1920x1080 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon HD 8850M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 625MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 45W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance somewhat above NVIDIA's GeForce GT 750M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M. | Radeon R9 M275 is a fast-middle-class-level graphics card based on the second revision of the Graphics Core Next architecture. It offers a core codenamed Venus XT that packs 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs, on a 128-bit memory interface of fast GDDR5. While the central unit runs at XXXMHz and goes up to XXXMHz, in Turbo Mode, the memory clock operates at 1000MHz. The regular version should offer 2GB of video memory but expect to see gimmicks of up to 4GB. Its performance is still unknown so use this rank as a guideline only. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||