Radeon R9 M280X Overview

Radeon R9 M280X
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5MOBILE
Release date: 5 Feb 2015
Radeon R9 M280X

Core Configuration

GPU Saturn
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 896 : 56 : 16
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 1792.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width 128 bit
Memory Speed 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 88.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • Radeon R9 M295X
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
    96%
  • GeForce GTX 870M
    95%
  • GeForce GTX 965M
    95%
  • GeForce GTX 780M
    89%
  • GeForce GTX 980M Rev. 2
    83%
  • Radeon R9 M290X
    81%
  • Radeon HD 8970M
    81%
  • Radeon E9260 MXM
    81%
  • Radeon E9260 PCIe
    81%
  • Radeon R9 M470X
    80%
  • Radeon R9 M385X
    80%
  • Radeon HD 7970M
    77%
  • GeForce GTX 680M
    72%
  • Radeon R9 M385
    72%
  • Radeon R9 M280X
    72%
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    70%
  • GeForce GTX 970M
    69%
  • GeForce 945M
    66%
  • GeForce GTX 860M
    65%
  • GeForce GTX 950M
    63%
  • Radeon R9 M470
    62%
  • Radeon E8870
    62%
  • Radeon R9 M380
    62%
  • GeForce GTX 850M
    57%
  • GeForce GTX 965M
    55%
  • GeForce 940M
    52%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 2
    51%
  • GeForce GTX 770M
    51%
  • GeForce GTX 765M
    46%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 M280X is a graphics card released by AMD on 5 Feb 2015. The graphics card houses the Saturn die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_1 architecture which packs 2,080 million transistors on a 28 nm, 160 mm2 die.

Radeon R9 M280X pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon R9 M280XRadeon R9 M295X
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Shader units8962048
ROPs1632
Graphics processorSaturnAmethyst
Process size28 nm28 nm
Memory4096 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width128 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth88.00 Gb/s160.00 Gb/s
Release date5 Feb 201523 Nov 2014