CMP 90HX vs Radeon HD 8280E

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1162not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameKalindiGA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 April 2013 (11 years ago)28 July 2021 (2 years ago)
Current price$59 $643

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1286400
Core clock speed450 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate3.600342.0

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared10 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared320 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared19 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data760.3 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2013 28 July 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 320 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8280E and CMP 90HX. We've got no test results to judge.


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