AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 280
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 280 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 933 MHz
- 780.9x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 200 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
- 5.6x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Launch date | 3 April 2018 vs 4 March 2014 |
Boost clock speed | 1275 MHz vs 933 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 81.60 GTexel/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 3 GB |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280
- Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
- 1286.2x better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
- Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2009 vs 1826
- Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 435
- Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5568 vs 3197
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 1792 vs 1024 |
Floating-point performance | 3,344 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs |
Benchmarks | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2009 vs 1826 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 665 vs 435 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5568 vs 3197 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1826 | 2009 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 20572 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 435 | 665 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3197 | 5568 |
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 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7957 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3337 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7957 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3337 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 280 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Baffin | Tahiti |
Design | Radeon RX 500X Series | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
Launch date | 3 April 2018 | 4 March 2014 |
Place in performance rating | 468 | 422 |
Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1275 MHz | 933 MHz |
Compute units | 14/16 | |
Core clock speed | 1175 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 2.6 TFLOPs | 3,344 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 1024 | 1792 |
Pixel fill rate | 20.40 GP/s | |
Render output units | 16 | |
Stream Processors | 896/1024 | 1792 |
Texture fill rate | 81.60 GTexel/s | 104.5 GTexel / s |
Texture Units | 64 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 200 Watt |
Transistor count | 3,000 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Length | 275 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 240 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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4K H264 Decode | ||
4K H264 Encode | ||
AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
FreeSync | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
H265/HEVC Encode | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |