AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Mobile 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Mobile

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	15 May 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

2.2x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 57.2 GTexel / s
2.9x more pipelines: 2048 vs 704
2.2x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,830 gflops
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2351 vs 1137

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 57.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 704
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,830 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351 vs 1137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1137

2351

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 280X
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1137	2351
PassMark - G3D Mark		6138
PassMark - G2D Mark		675
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Raven	Tahiti
Launch date	15 May 2018	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1123	372
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,830 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	704	2048
Texture fill rate	57.2 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	4,313 million
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	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
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)