AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
407
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Value for money (0-100)
5.29
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Tahiti
Code name
GM107
Desktop
Type
Laptop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
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$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$797
reference
Design
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10.12
Value for money
1.41
Tahiti
GPU code name
N16P-GT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
640
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Core clock speed
914 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
1124 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
44.96
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,439 gflops
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CUDA cores
640
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
1,870 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
275 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
medium sized
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3 or GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 or 2500 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
32 or 80 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
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VGA аnalog display support
+
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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Ansel
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
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-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Enduro
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+
UVD
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Adaptive VSync
+
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DSR
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 79.9 38.4 28.8 18.5 12.6
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 98.1 37.5 20.5 14.8 10
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
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

13.56% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($305 (1.1x MSRP) vs $797)

More pipelines (1792 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 32 or 80 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 200 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M performance benchmarks comparison

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