AMD Radeon R9 280X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v 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 280X

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
8.9x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
14.2x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
23.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6166 vs 266
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 677 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 5 May 2010
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6166 vs 266
PassMark - G2D Mark	677 vs 398

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

25x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6166

266

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

677

398

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
PassMark - G3D Mark	6166	266
PassMark - G2D Mark	677	398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	M96
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	394	396
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	514 million
Core clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)