AMD Radeon R9 M280X vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M280X and ATI Radeon X1550 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 23.3x more texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 814 vs 67
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 February 2015 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 814 vs 67

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 247
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M280X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
253
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
814
67
Name AMD Radeon R9 M280X ATI Radeon X1550
Geekbench - OpenCL 41708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 253
PassMark - G3D Mark 814 67

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M280X ATI Radeon X1550

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 R500
Code name Saturn RV515
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 5 February 2015 1 January 2007
Place in performance rating 670 673
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 896
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s 2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 107 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support Not Listed
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 2.0

Memory

Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed DDR2
Shared memory 0
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore