Radeon 880M vs R5 M255

Place in the ranking	1007	275
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	91.73
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	RDNA 3.5 (2024)
GPU code name	Topaz	Strix Point
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 October 2014 (10 years ago)	15 July 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	512
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	925 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	940 MHz	2900 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.56	92.80
Floating-point processing power	0.7219 TFLOPS	2.97 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	24	32
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Eyefinity	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.8
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	Not Listed	2.1
Vulkan	-	1.3
Mantle	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 M255 1.40

Radeon 880M 20.08
+1334%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R5 M255 538

Radeon 880M 7738
+1338%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R5 M255 1784

Radeon 880M 13892
+679%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R5 M255 1081

Radeon 880M 8371
+675%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R5 M255 6053

Radeon 880M 51662
+753%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	21 −1329%	300−350 +1329%
Full HD	13 −162%	34 +162%
1440p	1−2 −2200%	23 +2200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−1317%

85−90
+1317%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Hitman 3	5 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21 +133%	9−10 −133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5 −60%	8−9 +60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −200%	9−10 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −1264%	450−500 +1264%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1250%

27−30
+1250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −1329%	100−105 +1329%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1300%

14−16
+1300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how R5 M255 and Radeon 880M compete in popular games:

Radeon 880M is 1329% faster in 900p
Radeon 880M is 162% faster in 1080p
Radeon 880M is 2200% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 M255 is 200% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 880M is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games: