AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
442
no data
Value for money (0-100)
12.02
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Terascale 2
Tahiti
Code name
Blackcomb
Desktop
Type
Laptop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$257
reference
Design
no data
10.12
Value for money
1.57
Tahiti
GPU code name
Blackcomb XT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
960
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Core clock speed
680 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,313 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
32.64
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,305.6 gflops
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,313 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
275 mm
Length
no data
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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 Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon HD 6970M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280

15.2% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1792 vs 960)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 115.2 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Cheaper ($257 vs $305 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 200 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon HD 6970M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280 .

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus AMD Radeon HD 6970M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 280
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