GeForce 820M vs Radeon R9 280

Place in performance ranking	334	991
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	10.99	0.03
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Tahiti	N15V-GM
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	4 March 2014 (10 years ago)	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data
Current price	$91 (0.3x MSRP)	$490

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 280 has 36533% better value for money than GeForce 820M.

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 cores	1792	96
Core clock speed	no data	775 MHz
Boost clock speed	933 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	104.5	10.00
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops	240.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 280 and GeForce 820M 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.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
UVD	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
Optimus	no data	+
GameWorks	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 280 14.37
+1014%

GeForce 820M 1.29

Radeon R9 280 outperforms GeForce 820M by 1014% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 280 5562
+1015%

GeForce 820M 499

Radeon R9 280 outperforms GeForce 820M by 1015% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 280 8020
+794%

GeForce 820M 897

Radeon R9 280 outperforms GeForce 820M by 794% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.