Quadro NVS 280 SD vs Radeon R9 M385X

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	696	1610
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Strato	NV18 C1
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	5 May 2015 (11 years ago)	31 May 2005 (21 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	896	no data
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,080 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	61.60	1.000
Floating-point processing power	1.971 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	2
TMUs	56	4
L1 Cache	224 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	3.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Eyefinity	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	8.0
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
OpenCL	Not Listed	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A
Mantle	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

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no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 May 2015	31 May 2005
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm