NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 280M sales 3 March 2009. This is a Tesla architecture notebook card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.95 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 61 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-IV interface. Power consumption is at 75 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 280M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	976
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.37	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	3 March 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 280M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 280M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	585 MHz	of 2800 MHz (Playstation 5 Pro GPU)
Number of transistors	754 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	37.44	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.3745 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Gigaflops	562
ROPs	16	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	64	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 280M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-IV
SLI options	+
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 280M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 280M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 280M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 280M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 280M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 280M 1.49

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 280M 575

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 280M 6672

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 280M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	2−3
Hitman 3	7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 280M's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce GT 720A 100

Radeon R7 M360 100

GeForce GT 550M 100

GeForce GTX 280M 100

Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) 99.33

Radeon HD 7650A 98.66

Mobility Radeon HD 5730 98.66

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 280M is Radeon R7 M360, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.