AMD Radeon 530X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 530X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
2.1x better floating-point performance: 784.1 gflops vs 374.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 3 March 2009
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops vs 374.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

2x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 24.5 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 730 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 24.5 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Name	AMD Radeon 530X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Geekbench - OpenCL	28019
PassMark - G3D Mark		576
PassMark - G2D Mark		153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1876

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Meso	G92
Launch date	18 April 2017	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	842	1256
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	1463 MHz
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops	374.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	128
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s	38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Gigaflops		562
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-IV
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI