AMD Radeon R9 M365X vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M365X and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 M365X

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
3.5x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 446
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6152 vs 1482

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 446
PassMark - G3D Mark	6152 vs 1482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M365X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

446

675

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1482

6152

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Geekbench - OpenCL	36410
PassMark - G2D Mark	446	675
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482	6152
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 M365X	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tropo	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	382	383
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	2048
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	4,313 million
Stream Processors		2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)