GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition vs Radeon R9 280

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 280 with GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

R9 280
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
14.43
+328%

R9 280 outperforms GTX 775M Mac Edition by a whopping 328% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking363735
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.41no data
Power efficiency4.962.31
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTahitiGK104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date4 March 2014 (10 years ago)8 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores17921344
Core clock speedno data797 MHz
Boost clock speed933 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate104.589.26
Floating-point processing power3.344 TFLOPS2.142 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs112112

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth240 GB/s160.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.43 3.37
Recency 4 March 2014 8 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 100 Watt

R9 280 has a 328.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 775M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 280 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 280 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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