AMD Radeon R9 M275 videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 M275

Radeon R9 M275 videocard released by AMD; release date: 28 January 2014. At the time of release, the videocard cost $799.99. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Venus.

Core clock speed - 900 MHz. Boost clock speed - 925 MHz. Texture fill rate - 37 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 1,184 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 64 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38583
1115
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
569
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
344816
9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
28.064 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
313.463 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
2.206 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
34.381 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
121.685 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1162 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1717 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1162.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1717.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1115
PassMark - G2D Mark 569
Geekbench - OpenCL 9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 28.064 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 313.463 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.206 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 34.381 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 121.685 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1162 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1717 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1162.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1717.000 Fps

Games performance

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76826.80
Medium, 1366x76822.60
High, 1366x76819.30
Ultra, 1920x108010.50

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76839.20
Medium, 1366x76834.90
High, 1366x76823.70
Ultra, 1920x10809.70

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76838.00
Medium, 1366x76829.70
High, 1366x76826.30
Ultra, 1920x108013.40

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72088.20
Medium, 1366x76852.00
High, 1366x76842.80
Ultra, 1920x108014.40

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768122.50
Medium, 1366x76862.90
High, 1366x76844.10
Ultra, 1920x108025.20

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76840.00
Medium, 1366x76836.50
High, 1366x76820.70
Ultra, 1920x108010.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Venus
Launch date 28 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $799.99
Place in performance rating 1005
Price now $699.99
Type Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 3.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0