Radeon R9 280X vs RX 570 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated347
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.42
Power efficiencyno data4.37
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameEllesmereTahiti
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date10 December 2017 (6 years ago)8 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599.99 $299

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 cores20482048
Core clock speed926 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate154.4128.0
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs128128

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data275 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin

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 amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s288 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+
DisplayPort support-+

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-+
CrossFire-+
FreeSync++
HD3D-+
LiquidVR-+
TressFX-+
TrueAudio-+
UVD-+
DDMA audiono data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 December 2017 8 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 250 Watt

RX 570 Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 194.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 570 Mobile and Radeon R9 280X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 570 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon R9 280X is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX 570 Mobile
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