RSX Reality Synthesizer and Radeon R9 280X2 - video card comparison

RSX Reality Synthesizer

Radeon R9 280X2

Architecture

Curie (2003−2013)

GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)

GPU code name

RSX-CXD5302

Tahiti

Market segment

Desktop

Release date

October 2012

Interface

IGP

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

3x 8-pin

Boost clock speed

1000 MHz

Core clock speed

550 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

40 nm

28 nm

Number of transistors

302 million

4,313 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

2048

Power consumption (TDP)

80 Watt

375 Watt

Texture fill rate

13.20

128.0

Memory type

GDDR3

GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount

256 MB

3 GB

Memory bus width

128 Bit

384 Bit

Memory clock speed

1400 MHz

6 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

22.4 GB/s

288.0 GB/s

Display Connectors

No outputs

6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

DirectX

N/A

12 (11_1)

OpenCL

2.1 (1.2)

OpenGL

ES 1.1

4.6

Shader Model

6.5 (5.1)

Vulkan

1.2.170