Radeon HD 8280E vs R7 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and Radeon HD 8280E, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.81
+178%

R7 (Carrizo) outperforms HD 8280E by a whopping 178% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking9711246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.983.34
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameCarrizoKalindi
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (10 years ago)23 April 2013 (12 years 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 cores512128
Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Shared memory++

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.3
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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:

Full HD10
+233%
3−4
−233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 1−2 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Valorant 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24
+200%
8−9
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 21−24
+200%
7−8
−200%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
+200%
2−3
−200%
Valorant 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 21−24
+200%
7−8
−200%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Valorant 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Valorant 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Valorant 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

This is how R7 (Carrizo) and HD 8280E compete in popular games:

  • R7 (Carrizo) is 233% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.81 0.65
Recency 4 June 2015 23 April 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

R7 (Carrizo) has a 178.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8280E in performance tests.

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