Radeon Graphics 128SP vs GeForce GTX 280M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	982	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2023)
GPU code name	N10E-GTX	Raphael
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	27 September 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	128
CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	585 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	3,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.44	17.60
Floating-point performance	0.3745 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	562	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	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-IV	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA	Motherboard Dependent
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 March 2009	27 September 2022
Chip lithography	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt

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