Radeon R9 280X and GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Radeon R9 280X
6012
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
4195
Radeon R9 280X
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
Thaiti XTL
N17P-G0 Max-Q
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2013
January 2018
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
1139 - 1328 MHz
Core clock speed
-
999 - 1189 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
1,700 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
4,313 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
640
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
34 - 40 Watt
Texture fill rate
128.0
53.12
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
112.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
6.1
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.2.131
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-