AMD Radeon R9 M280X
The AMD Radeon R9 M280X is a 28 nm DirectX 12 graphics card based on the GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture. Built primarily for large laptops, the card is positioned in the upper mid-range category as of 2014. It is based on the Saturn chip (Bonaire codename for Desktop R7 260(X)) and clocked at 900 to 1000 MHz (Boost). The R9 M280X offers 896 shader cores, 56 TMUs, 16 ROPs and a 128 Bit memory interface for up to 4 GB GDDR5 memory (1375 MHz / 5500 MHz effective, 88 GB/s).
The performance of the Radeon R9 M280X is on par with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 850M or GTX 950M. Games from 2015 therefore should run in middle to high settings in 1080p. Some more demanding games like Assassin's Creed Unity may only run fluently in reduced settings.
The 640 shader cores can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 10 compute units).
Features of the R9 series include video decoding via UVD3 for decoding MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly from the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are now compatible as well.
The Radeon R9 also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU, called Enduro. The technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Other features include ZeroCore for reducing power consumption when the display is turned off .
The Power consumption of the R9 M280X is not specified but should be around 70 to 80 Watt and therefore, the GPU is only suited for larger laptops and DTRs.
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Radeon R9 M200 Series | |
| Codename | Saturn XT |
| Architecture | GCN |
| Pipelines | 896 - unified |
| Core Speed | 900 - 1000 (Boost) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 5500 MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Max. Amount of Memory | 4096 MB |
| Shared Memory | no |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0 |
| Transistor Count | 2080 Million |
| technology | 28 nm |
| Notebook Size | large |
| Date of Announcement | 01.02.2015 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
10.9 pt (11%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 -7%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
1041 Points (6%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
1012 Points (5%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
7236 Points (10%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
23201 Points (11%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
2974 Points (8%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
3498 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
81300 Points (11%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
3823 Points (9%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 7%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
4698 Points (8%)
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
9222 Points (9%)
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ATI Radeon HD 4850 -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 6%
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
11255 Points (10%)
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AMD Radeon HD 6790 6%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB 7%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +11618 Points (22%)
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ATI Radeon HD 5670 3%
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
47.7 fps (9%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB -4%
AMD Radeon HD 6790 -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 5%
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
5889 points (28%)
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
40.3 fps (18%)
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
50.7 fps (14%)
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
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Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
120 fps (10%)
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Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
11.6 fps (3%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
730 Samples/s (7%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
1322 Samples/s (4%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
2934 points (6%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 4xAF TAA 1366x768
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Additional Benchmarks
Medium (Render Scale 100 %) 2xAF FXAA 1920x1080
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