Radeon Sky 500 vs R7 M275DX

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Aggregated performance score

R7 M275DX
2014
3.37

Sky 500 outperforms R7 M275DX by a whopping 265% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking695369
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.53
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameno dataPitcairn
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2014 (9 years ago)27 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Current priceno data$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores8961280
Core clock speedno data950 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data76.00
Floating-point performanceno data2,432 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M275DX and Radeon Sky 500 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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data4800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data154 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 Connectorsno data1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+no data
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.2.131

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 HD24
−254%
85−90
+254%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−246%
45−50
+246%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%
Hitman 3 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−246%
45−50
+246%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%
Hitman 3 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Hitman 3 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Hitman 3 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%

This is how R7 M275DX and Sky 500 compete in popular games:

  • Sky 500 is 254% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.37 12.31
Recency 4 June 2014 27 March 2013

The Radeon Sky 500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M275DX in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M275DX is a notebook card while Radeon Sky 500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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AMD Radeon R7 M275DX
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