AMD Radeon R9 M280X vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M280X and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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.

AMD Radeon R9 M280X

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 350 MHz
40x more texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
23.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 814 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 February 2015 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	814 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 247

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M280X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

814

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M280X	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
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	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	814	34

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M280X	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rankine
Code name	Saturn	NV35
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 February 2015	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	659	661
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	135 million
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	9.0a
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	DDR
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		550 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore