Radeon R3 Mobile Graphics vs R9 280

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	363	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.39	no data
Power efficiency	5.01	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Beema
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	4 March 2014 (10 years ago)	28 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1792	128
Core clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	933 MHz	655 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	930 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	104.5	4.800
Floating-point processing power	3.344 TFLOPS	0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	112	8

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 support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	no data

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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 March 2014	28 January 2015
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt

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