AMD Radeon R9 M280X
vs
AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile

AMD Radeon R9 M280X
AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile Difference
AMD Radeon R9 M280X AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
Price $ 1,070.0 $ 1,275.0 205 (19%)
Year 2015 2016 1 (0%)
Maximum Recorded Temperature 66C C
Max Fan Noise 52.8dB dB
Recommended Power Supply 70W 100W 30 (43%)
Benchmark CPU Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz ($284.99) *closest mobile equivalent* Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz ($334.99) *closest mobile equivalent*
CPU Impact on FPS +0.0 FPS +0.0 FPS 0 (0%)
CPU Impact on FPS % 0.0% 0.0% 0 (0%)
Benchmark Quality Settings Medium Quality Settings Medium Quality Settings
Average 1080p Performance 84.0 FPS 99.8 FPS 15.8 (19%)
Average 1440p Performance 66.5 FPS 78.2 FPS 11.7 (18%)
Average 4K Performance 36.2 FPS 44.3 FPS 8.1 (22%)
Memory 4 GB 8 GB 4 (100%)
1080p Cost Per Frame $ 38.2 $ 29.1 9.1 (24%)
1440p Cost Per Frame $ 52.2 $ 39.6 12.6 (24%)
4K Cost Per Frame $ 95.5 $ 66.1 29.4 (31%)
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Our Verdict: Upgrading from R9 M280X to RX 480 Mobile is not recommended as it is less than 30% of improvement in performance. In general, a reasonable upgrade is between 30% and 50% or more to justify the purchase of new hardware.
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AMD Radeon R9 M280X
AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
Year Game Frames Per Second
2019 Apex Legends
73
81.2
90
100.1
2019 Anthem
64
72.2
75
84.4
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
71
79.8
87
97.6
2019 Resident Evil 2
79
88.4
98
109.1
2019 Metro Exodus
63
70.4
71
79.6
2019 World War Z
78
87.5
103
115.5
2019 Gears of War 5
69
77.0
81
90.4
2019 F1 2019
74
82.3
89
99.2
2019 GreedFall
71
79.7
85
94.8
2019 Borderlands 3
65
72.6
74
83.3
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
79
88.0
97
108.5
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
61
68.3
68
76.2
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
67
75.4
79
87.8
2018 Just Cause 4
69
76.9
81
90.1
2018 Monster Hunter: World
70
78.5
83
92.7
2018 Strange Brigade
80
89.8
100
111.4
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
76
84.8
92
103.2
2017 For Honor
85
94.5
107
119.0
2017 Project CARS 2
74
83.2
90
100.6
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
80
89.0
99
110.0
2016 Dishonored 2
68
75.9
79
88.5
2015 Rocket League
151
168.2
215
239.8
2015 Need For Speed
78
87.1
96
106.9
2015 Project CARS
77
85.8
94
104.8
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
99
110.5
130
145.2
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
119
132.9
163
182.0
2009 League of Legends
180
200.3
262
292.2

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AMD Radeon R9 M280X
AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
Year Game Frames Per Second
2019 Apex Legends
51
64.8
63
78.8
2019 Anthem
47
58.9
54
68.5
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
51
64.5
62
78.3
2019 Resident Evil 2
54
67.8
65
81.7
2019 Metro Exodus
45
57.2
51
64.3
2019 World War Z
55
69.0
71
89.4
2019 Gears of War 5
48
61.2
56
70.9
2019 F1 2019
51
64.6
61
76.6
2019 GreedFall
50
63.1
59
74.1
2019 Borderlands 3
46
57.7
52
65.2
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
55
69.0
67
83.8
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
44
56.1
50
62.5
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
48
61.2
56
70.9
2018 Just Cause 4
49
61.4
56
71.2
2018 Monster Hunter: World
49
61.7
57
71.7
2018 Strange Brigade
55
69.5
67
84.6
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
53
66.9
64
80.1
2017 For Honor
54
68.5
66
82.7
2017 Project CARS 2
52
65.3
62
77.5
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
60
75.8
75
94.8
2016 Dishonored 2
50
63.0
59
73.8
2015 Rocket League
75
94.1
99
124.7
2015 Need For Speed
56
70.0
68
85.3
2015 Project CARS
55
68.8
66
83.3
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
65
81.3
82
103.7
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
88
110.1
120
151.0
2009 League of Legends
100
126.1
141
177.3

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AMD Radeon R9 M280X
AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
Year Game Frames Per Second
2019 Apex Legends
25
36.2
31
44.6
2019 Anthem
22
32.0
26
37.2
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
24
34.8
29
42.1
2019 Resident Evil 2
24
35.7
29
42.6
2019 Metro Exodus
22
32.1
25
36.5
2019 World War Z
26
38.2
35
50.0
2019 Gears of War 5
24
34.6
28
40.8
2019 F1 2019
25
36.8
31
44.4
2019 GreedFall
22
32.0
25
36.6
2019 Borderlands 3
21
31.1
24
35.0
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
27
38.8
33
47.6
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
21
31.4
24
35.5
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
24
34.6
28
40.8
2018 Just Cause 4
23
33.0
26
38.2
2018 Monster Hunter: World
22
32.6
26
37.3
2018 Strange Brigade
26
37.8
32
46.0
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
27
39.4
34
48.6
2017 For Honor
25
36.2
30
43.3
2017 Project CARS 2
28
41.0
35
51.2
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
35
50.0
46
65.9
2016 Dishonored 2
26
38.4
32
47.0
2015 Rocket League
33
47.4
43
61.7
2015 Need For Speed
28
41.0
35
51.2
2015 Project CARS
28
41.0
35
51.2
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
28
41.4
36
51.7
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
57
82.7
83
119.5
2009 League of Legends
39
57.1
54
77.5
R9 M280X vs RX 480 Mobile with i7-4770K vs i7-6700K at 1080p and medium vs medium settings
R9 M280X vs RX 480 Mobile with i7-4770K vs i7-6700K at 1440p and medium vs medium settings
R9 M280X vs RX 480 Mobile with i7-4770K vs i7-6700K at 4K and medium vs medium settings

AMD Radeon R9 M280X / i7-4770K

In terms of cost, pricing clearly is a genuine issue here and the price of R9 M280X is simply ridiculous. This combination between R9 M280X and Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between R9 M280X and Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss. With current 4096 MB RAM, the R9 M280X can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.
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AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile / i7-6700K

In terms of cost, pricing clearly is a genuine issue here and the price of RX 480 Mobile is simply ridiculous. In terms of memory, the RX 480 Mobile 's 8192 MB RAM is more than enough for modern games and should not cause any bottlenecks.
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R9 M280X vs RX 480 Mobile Specifications Comparison

Board Design

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
OutputsNo outputsNo outputs
TDPunknown100 W

Clock Speeds

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
Boost Clock1000 MHz1077 MHz
GPU Clock900 MHz1000 MHz
Memory Clock1375 MHz 5500 MHz effective2000 MHz 8000 MHz effective

Graphics Card

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
GenerationCrystal System (R9 M200)Mobility Radeon (RX M400)
ProductionActiveActive
Release DateFeb 5th, 2015Aug 4th, 2016

Graphics Features

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
DirectX12.0 (12_0)12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL2.02.0
OpenGL4.64.6
Shader Model6.36.4
Vulkan1.1.1011.1.101

Graphics Processor

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
ArchitectureGCN 2.0GCN 4.0
Die Size160 mm²232 mm²
FoundryTSMCTSMC
GPU NameSaturnEllesmere
GPU VariantSaturn XTEllesmere XT
Process Size28 nm14 nm
Transistors2,080 million5,700 million

Memory

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
Bandwidth88.00 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Memory Bus128 bit256 bit
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5

Render Config

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
Compute Units1436
L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache256 KB2 MB
ROPs1632
Shading Units8962304
TMUs56144

Theoretical Performance

R9 M280X RX 480 Mobile
FP32 (float) performance1.792 TFLOPS4.963 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance128.0 GFLOPS (1:14)310.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Pixel Rate16.00 GPixel/s34.46 GPixel/s
Texture Rate56.00 GTexel/s155.1 GTexel/s
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