AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU vs AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU and AMD Radeon R9 M280X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4979 vs 814
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 247
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 5 February 2015
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4979 vs 814
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 vs 247

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 41708 vs 23543
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 1177
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1724
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 1177
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1724
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 41708 vs 23543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M280X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4979
814
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
247
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
23543
41708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1177
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1724
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1177
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1724
3358
Name AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD Radeon R9 M280X
PassMark - G3D Mark 4979 814
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 247
Geekbench - OpenCL 23543 41708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1762.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 617.099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1177 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1724 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1177 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1724 3358

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Vega 10 Saturn
Launch date 27 June 2017 5 February 2015
Place in performance rating 668 670
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 2,080 million
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops
Pipelines 896
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Bus support Not Listed
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Memory clock speed 1704 MHz
Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore