AMD Radeon R6 M340DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

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Combined performance score

GTX 280M
1.48

Radeon R6 M340DX outperforms GeForce GTX 280M by 93% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking932747
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.16no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameN10E-GTXJet
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 March 2009 (15 years old)3 June 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$140 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores128704
CUDA cores128no data
Core clock speed585 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors754 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate38 billion/sec24.72
Floating-point performance374.5 gflopsno data
Gigaflops562no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 280M and Radeon R6 M340DX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-IVIGP
SLI options+no data
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedUp to 950 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth61 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGANo outputs
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+no data

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 HD5−6
−100%
10
+100%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 4−5
Battlefield 5 0−1 6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Hitman 3 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 4−5
Battlefield 5 0−1 6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Hitman 3 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−50%
6
+50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 4−5
Battlefield 5 0−1 6−7
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3
−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 1−2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

This is how GTX 280M and R6 M340DX compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • R6 M340DX is 100% faster than GTX 280M

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 280M is 33.3% faster than the R6 M340DX.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R6 M340DX is 600% faster than the GTX 280M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 280M is ahead in 1 test (3%)
  • R6 M340DX is ahead in 29 tests (91%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (6%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.48 2.86
Recency 2 March 2009 3 June 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm

The Radeon R6 M340DX is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 280M in performance tests.


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