AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M395X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
263
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN 3
Tahiti
Code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Type
Laptop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
16 October 2014 (7 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
no data
reference
Design
no data
10.12
Value for money
no data
Tahiti
GPU code name
Amethyst XT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
2048
no data
Core clock speed
723 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,313 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
92.54
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,961 gflops
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,313 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 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 R9 M395X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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
PCIe 3.0

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 R9 M395X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
Not Listed
-
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X 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 R9 M395X 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 R9 M395X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
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

5.66% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (200 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 160.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M395X

More pipelines (2048 vs 1792)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon R9 M395X?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus AMD Radeon R9 M395X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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