Playstation 3 RSX vs Radeon R5 M255

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1002not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameTopazRSX-CXD2991
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 October 2014 (10 years ago)11 November 2006 (17 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384no data
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed925 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed940 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data81 Watt
Texture fill rate22.56no data
Floating-point processing power0.7219 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8IGP

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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

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

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API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 11N/A
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.4ES 1.1
OpenCLNot Listedno data
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2014 11 November 2006
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm

R5 M255 has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M255 and Playstation 3 RSX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M255 is a notebook card while Playstation 3 RSX is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R5 M255
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