AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 255 OEM sales 21 December 2013. This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 1.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4.6 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 73.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 65 Watt.

We have no data on Radeon R9 255 OEM benchmark results.

General info

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 255 OEM: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameCape Verde
Market segmentDesktop
Release date21 December 2013 (10 years old)

Technical specs

Radeon R9 255 OEM's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 255 OEM's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed900 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed930 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors1,500 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate29.76of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance952.3 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 255 OEM and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 255 OEM: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed4600 MHzof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth73.6 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 255 OEM. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 255 OEM, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL1.2
Vulkan1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 255 OEM. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


We have no data on Radeon R9 255 OEM benchmark results.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 255 OEM is GeForce 945A.

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