AMD Radeon Pro 450 vs AMD Radeon Pro 455 vs AMD Radeon RX 490M
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.
AMD Radeon Pro 455
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Radeon Pro 455 is mobile graphics card for laptops that can be found in the high-end 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 Radeon RX 460 (see for benchmarks), the Pro 455 features only 768 instead of 896 shaders and definately lower clock speeds. The peak performance is rated at 1.3 TFLOPS and therefore 30% faster than the Pro 450, but clearly slower than the 1.86 TFLOPS of the Pro 460 and 2.2 TFLOPS of the RX460. The performance of the card could be similar to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M as the RX 460 is similar to the GTX 965M. A major drawback is the small VRAM size of only 2 GB GDDR5. The optional Radeon Pro 460 offers 4 GB of VRAM, 1024 shaders and 1.86 TFLOPS and should be similar to the RX 460.
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 455 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 455 support DisplayPort 1.2 (altough 1.4 is supported by Polaris) 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 455 should use slightly less.
AMD Radeon RX 490M
► remove from comparisonThe 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.
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| Codename | Polaris 11 | Polaris 11 | Polaris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Polaris | Polaris | Polaris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 640 - unified | 768 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 800 MHz | 855 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 5080 MHz | 5000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan | DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan | DirectX 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 75 Watt | <35 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 3 Billion | 3 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 14 nm | 14 nm | 14 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | large | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 27.10.2016 | 27.10.2016 | 01.08.2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | creators.radeon.com | creators.radeon.com |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon Pro 450
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 450
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro 450 → 0% n=0
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro 455 → 0% n=0
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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
2017
F1 2017
2017
Rocket League
2017
For Honor
2017
Resident Evil 7
2017
Watch Dogs 2
2016
Dishonored 2
2016
Titanfall 2
2016
Farming Simulator 17
2016
Battlefield 1
2016
Civilization 6
2016
Mafia 3
2016
Overwatch
2016
Doom
2016
Hitman 2016
2016
The Division
2016
Far Cry Primal
2016
XCOM 2
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Fallout 4
2015
Anno 2205
2015
World of Warships
2015
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
BioShock Infinite
2013
Counter-Strike: GO
2012Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro 450 → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro 455 → 114%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 116%
| AMD Radeon Pro 450 | AMD Radeon Pro 455 | AMD Radeon RX 490M | |||||||||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| Ark Survival Evolved | 38.9 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| F1 2017 | 95 | 41 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) | 63.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rocket League | 47.5 | 19.3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mass Effect Andromeda | 68.2 | 26.5 | 16.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ghost Recon Wildlands | 48.2 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| For Honor | 82.3 | 29.3 | 27.9 | 19.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Watch Dogs 2 | 47.4 | 17.6 | 54.4 | 20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dishonored 2 | 29.5 | 44.1 | 20.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Call of Duty Infinite Warfare | 58.7 | 36 | 40.2 | 34.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Farming Simulator 17 | 63.4 | 24.7 | 71.7 | 25.8 | 22.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Battlefield 1 | 101 | 24.2 | 21.7 | 109 | 28.9 | 25.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Civilization 6 | 61 | 25.8 | 69 | 28.8 | 21.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mafia 3 | 28.3 | 32.8 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deus Ex Mankind Divided | 51.2 | 18 | 7.5 | 59.5 | 21.5 | 8.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Overwatch | 153 | 57 | 39.5 | 178 | 65.8 | 30.1 | 18.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Doom | 53.4 | 20.4 | 53.1 | 19.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| The Division | 77 | 21.6 | 15.8 | 88 | 25.2 | 18.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Far Cry Primal | 29 | 26 | 17 | 70 | 32 | 30 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| XCOM 2 | 63.7 | 24.2 | 15.5 | 5.6 | 70 | 27.2 | 17.9 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 66.6 | 21 | 84 | 24.9 | 18.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rainbow Six Siege | 39.6 | 34.1 | 162 | 52.7 | 33.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fallout 4 | 70 | 24.1 | 27.8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anno 2205 | 87 | 18.3 | 86 | 17.5 | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| World of Warships | 44.6 | 188 | 70.7 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 67.2 | 67.2 | 61.5 | 22.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 40.9 | 20.3 | 69.5 | 24.6 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 7 11 1 | 6 1 | 15 5 1 | 8 3 1 | | 1 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 5 8 3 | 1 1 | 13 3 4 | 10 4 1 | | 3 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | |
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