AMD Radeon R9 M280X: specs and benchmarks

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AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Radeon R9 M280X
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 900
  • Max video memory 0
  • Memory type Not Listed
  • Memory clock speed 0
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2015
Performance 2.06

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

2.06%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M280X: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rating770
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameSaturn XT
Market segmentLaptop
Release date1 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 cores896of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed900 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors2,080 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti)
Texture fill rate61.60of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance1,792 gflopsof 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 sizelarge
Bus supportNot Listed
InterfacePCIe 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 typeNot Listed
Maximum RAM amount0 MBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus widthNot Listedof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sof 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 ConnectorsNo 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-
FreeSync1
HD3D+
PowerTune+
DualGraphics1
TrueAudio-
ZeroCore+
Switchable graphics1

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 M280X, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectXDirectX® 11
Shader Model6.3
OpenGL4.4of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCLNot 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.

R9 M280X 2.06
  • 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%

R9 M280X 813

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%

R9 M280X 9222

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%

R9 M280X 4698

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%

R9 M280X 23201

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

R9 M280X 2974

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%

R9 M280X 3498

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 HD27
4K18

Popular games

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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.

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Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended processors

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