GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 M280X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking872not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameSaturnGB202
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 February 2015 (9 years ago)2025

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 cores89621760
Core clock speed1000 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data500 Watt
Texture fill rate61.601,714
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPS109.7 TFLOPS
ROPs16192
TMUs56680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportNot Listedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeNot ListedGDDR7
Maximum RAM amount0 MB32 GB
Memory bus widthNot Listed512 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s1.52 TB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.8
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkan-1.3
Mantle+-
CUDA-10.1

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M280X and GeForce RTX 5090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M280X is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.


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