Radeon R9 280 and GeForce 9600M GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce 9600M GS
Radeon R9 280
5725
GeForce 9600M GS
122
Radeon R9 280
GeForce 9600M GS
Architecture
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
Tahiti
NB9P-GE
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2014
June 2008
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
-
Boost clock speed
933 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
103 MHz
CUDA cores
-
32
Floating-point performance
3,344 gflops
68.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
4,313 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
32
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
104.5
6.880
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
240 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
1
-
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
-
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
-
1.1
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-