Radeon RX 5700 vs GeForce GTX 280M

Place in performance ranking	934	119
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.16	79.99
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	N10E-GTX	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$349
Current price	$140	$116 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 has 49894% better value for money than GTX 280M.

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	2304
CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	585 MHz	1465 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1725 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	38 billion/sec	248.4
Floating-point performance	374.5 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	562	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 280M and Radeon RX 5700 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-IV	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	268 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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

RX 5700 37.46
+2414%

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms GeForce GTX 280M by 2414% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 280M 575

RX 5700 14494
+2421%

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms GeForce GTX 280M by 2421% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 280M 6672

RX 5700 91993
+1279%

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms GeForce GTX 280M by 1279% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	4−5 −2800%	116 +2800%
1440p	2−3 −3400%	70 +3400%
4K	1−2 −4300%	44 +4300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−2000%

84
+2000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	77
Battlefield 5	0−1	115
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −1200%	130 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1775%	75 +1775%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −6500%	132 +6500%
Hitman 3	2−3 −7400%	150 +7400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −11900%	120 +11900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2625%	109 +2625%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1857%	137 +1857%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	71
Battlefield 5	0−1	105
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −930%	103 +930%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1575%	67 +1575%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −6400%	130 +6400%
Hitman 3	2−3 −6400%	130 +6400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −8800%	89 +8800%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −4250%	87 +4250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1375%	59 +1375%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1543%	115 +1543%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −3575%	147 +3575%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	60
Battlefield 5	0−1	97
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1350%	58 +1350%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −5800%	118 +5800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −2175%	91 +2175%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2167%	68 +2167%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1950%	82 +1950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −638%	59 +638%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −1320%	71 +1320%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3500%	36 +3500%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4550%	93 +4550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −2550%	50−55 +2550%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1800%	38 +1800%
Hitman 3	2−3 −2200%	46 +2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −129%	16 +129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	24

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	31
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	31
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1467%	47 +1467%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −900%	50 +900%

This is how GTX 280M and RX 5700 compete in popular games:

RX 5700 is 2800% faster in 1080p
RX 5700 is 3400% faster in 1440p
RX 5700 is 4300% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 5700 is 11900% faster than the GTX 280M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 5700 surpassed GTX 280M in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.49	37.46
Recency	2 March 2009	7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	180 Watt