AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Radeon R9 255 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 21 December 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Cape Verde.

Core clock speed - 900 MHz. Boost clock speed - 930 MHz. Texture fill rate - 29.76 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 952.3 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 65 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 73.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
388
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
1420
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
40722
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3112 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3112.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3168 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3168.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3346 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3346.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 388
PassMark - G3D Mark 1420
Geekbench - OpenCL 40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3112 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3112.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3168 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3168.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3346 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3346.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde
Launch date 21 December 2013
Place in performance rating 612
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 930 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 29.76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5