AMD Radeon R9 M280X: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 900
- Max video memory 0
- Memory type Not Listed
- Memory clock speed 0
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 M280X sales 1 February 2015. This is a GCN architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 0 MB of Not Listed memory clocked at are supplied, and together with Not Listed memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M280X: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | 770 | |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | |
| GPU code name | Saturn XT | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 1 February 2015 (8 years old) |
Technical specs
Radeon R9 M280X's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M280X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 896 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Texture fill rate | 61.60 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Radeon R9 M280X's 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 size | large | |
| Bus support | Not Listed | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M280X: 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 type | Not Listed | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 0 MB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | Not Listed | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M280X. 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 Connectors | No outputs |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R9 M280X. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | - | |
| Enduro | - | |
| FreeSync | 1 | |
| HD3D | + | |
| PowerTune | + | |
| DualGraphics | 1 | |
| TrueAudio | - | |
| ZeroCore | + | |
| Switchable graphics | 1 |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon R9 M280X, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
| Mantle | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M280X. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
- 3DMark Vantage Performance
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 16%
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 16%
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
3DMark Fire Strike Score
Benchmark coverage: 13%
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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon R9 M280X is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 27 | |
| 4K | 18 |
Popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−12 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 12 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| Hitman 3 | 2−3 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 0−1 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−12 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| Hitman 3 | 2−3 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 0−1 | |
| Metro Exodus | 4−5 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 16 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6 | |
| Hitman 3 | 5−6 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Metro Exodus | 4−5 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 |
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon R9 M280X performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
The nearest Radeon R9 M280X's NVIDIA equivalent is GeForce GT 730M, which is faster by 1% and higher by 4 positions in our performance rating.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 M280X:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon R9 M280X according to our statistics.
