NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB and AMD Radeon R9 M280X 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3291.1x more texture fill rate: 184.3 GTexel/s vs 56 GTexel / s
4.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 896
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 596 vs 247
17x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13843 vs 814
Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81157 vs 41708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 5 February 2015
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s vs 56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	596 vs 247
PassMark - G3D Mark	13843 vs 814
Geekbench - OpenCL	81157 vs 41708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 855 MHz

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 855 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M280X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

596

247

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13843

814

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

81157

41708

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	AMD Radeon R9 M280X
PassMark - G2D Mark	596	247
PassMark - G3D Mark	13843	814
Geekbench - OpenCL	81157	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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 2.0
Code name	GA104	Saturn
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	5 February 2015
Place in performance rating	119	658
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	896
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s	56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,792 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		Not Listed
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11
OpenCL	3.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	88 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	Not Listed
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore