AMD Radeon R9 280X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
9.8x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
32x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 128 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
12.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6211 vs 504
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 686 vs 407

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211 vs 504
PassMark - G2D Mark	686 vs 407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6211

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

686

407

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	686	407
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	2346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	G94
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	378	372
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	64
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	13 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	505 million
Core clock speed		1000 MHz
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		192
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
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		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD