AMD Radeon R7 M365X vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M365X and AMD Radeon R9 280 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 M365X

AMD Radeon R9 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M365X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 4 March 2014
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 933 MHz vs 825 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 23.04 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 384
4.5x better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 737.3 gflops
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5562 vs 772
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 174

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	933 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 23.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops vs 737.3 gflops
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5562 vs 772
PassMark - G2D Mark	665 vs 174

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M365X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

772

5562

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

665

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M365X	AMD Radeon R9 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	772	5562
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	665
Geekbench - OpenCL	6237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2009

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M365X	AMD Radeon R9 280
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Litho	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	4 March 2014
Place in performance rating	1103	423
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz	933 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	737.3 gflops	3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1792
Texture fill rate	23.04 GTexel / s	104.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	4,313 million
Stream Processors		1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		200 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	240 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
CrossFire
DDMA audio
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)