AMD Radeon R9 280 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
23.8x more texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
22.4x more pipelines: 1792 vs 80
38x better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
29.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5547 vs 188
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 667 vs 382

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2014 vs 5 May 2010
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 80
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5547 vs 188
PassMark - G2D Mark	667 vs 382

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

13.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5547

188

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

667

382

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
PassMark - G3D Mark	5547	188
PassMark - G2D Mark	667	382
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	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	M92
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	4 March 2014	5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	423	420
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	933 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	80
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	242 million
Core clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)