AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 280 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

AMD Radeon R9 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 933 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 7957
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 7957
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 2009

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 4 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 933 MHz
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058 vs 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058 vs 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 2009

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5563 vs 3166
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 336
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3617
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3617

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5563 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	665 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 3617

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

5563

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

665

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

7957

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3337

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

7957

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3337

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

2009

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	5563
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	665
Geekbench - OpenCL	38654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	2009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		365.384

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 280
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 1.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	4 March 2014
Place in performance rating	390	423
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		Tahiti
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	933 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1448 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408	1792
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	104.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	6400 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,344 gflops
Pipelines		1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		200 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	240 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan