AMD Caicos
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Caicos
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M385X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Caicos  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M385X.

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Place in performance rating
477
TeraScale 2
Architecture
GCN
Caicos
Code name
Strato
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$10.38
Price now
$999
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Value for money
0.80
Caicos
GPU code name
Strato-XT-M3
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Caicos  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M385X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

160
Pipelines
896
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Core clock speed
1100 MHz
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Boost Clock
1100 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Texture fill rate
61.60
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Floating-point performance
1,971 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
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Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
370 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon R9 M385X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Laptop size
large
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Caicos vs AMD Radeon R9 M385X.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Caicos vs AMD Radeon R9 M385X.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
1

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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DirectCompute 5.0
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon R9 M385X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.4
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon R9 M385X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or AMD Radeon R9 M385X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $999)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M385X

9.15% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (896 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Caicos or AMD Radeon R9 M385X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M385X .

AMD Caicos versus AMD Radeon R9 M385X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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