Radeon R9 M275X vs R7 M275DX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M275DX and Radeon R9 M275X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 M275DX
2014
3.34

R9 M275X outperforms R7 M275DX by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking737686
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameno dataVenus
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)28 January 2014 (10 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 cores896640
Compute unitsno data10
Core clock speedno data900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data37.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.184 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 GB/s
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Eyefinity++

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantle-+

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 HD27
−11.1%
30−35
+11.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−20%
24−27
+20%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

This is how R7 M275DX and R9 M275X compete in popular games:

  • R9 M275X is 11% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.34 4.19
Recency 4 June 2014 28 January 2014

R7 M275DX has an age advantage of 4 months.

R9 M275X, on the other hand, has a 25.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon R9 M275X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M275DX in performance tests.


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