AMD Radeon R9 280 vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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, 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 R9 280

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
14.9x more texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
11.2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 160
11.9x better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
20.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5562 vs 277
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 160
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5562 vs 277
PassMark - G2D Mark	665 vs 202

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

11.1x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5562

277

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

665

202

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	5562	277
PassMark - G2D Mark	665	202
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 R9 280	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Caicos
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	4 March 2014	21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	423	831
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	933 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	160
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s	7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	370 million
Core clock speed		875 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)