AMD Radeon R9 M280X vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M280X and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI 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 Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 275 MHz
50.9x more texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
101.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 814 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 February 2015 vs 28 October 2003
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	814 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 261 vs 247

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	261 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M280X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

261

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

814

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M280X	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
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	261
PassMark - G3D Mark	814	8

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M280X	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rankine
Code name	Saturn	NV34 B1
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 February 2015	28 October 2003
Place in performance rating	659	656
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	45 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		13 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	Not Listed
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
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	8 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	DDR
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore