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AMD Radeon R9 M280X

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X is a graphics card released on February 1, 2015. It has 4 GB of video memory and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 814 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

4/10 key specs recorded · 26 facts

Depth: 28 recorded fields, 2 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and AMD.com Specifications. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

75 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X scores 814 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 49.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,519), measured across 5 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 247.

PassMark G3D Mark

814

Rank #1,519
Faster than 49.7% of 2,658 GPUs
5 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 11 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 21.8% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 7.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 13.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 522 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 29.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon R9 M280X averages DirectX 9 11 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 4 fps, DirectX 12 5 fps and GPU Compute 522 ops/s, across 5 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 1000 MHz

Memory clock 1500 MHz

DirectX 11.2

OpenGL 4.3

Max TDP 75 W

First benchmarked 2020-01-11

Samples 5

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon R9 M280X states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 1000 MHz, DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3, first benchmarked on 2020-01-11. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X is equipped with 4 GB of memory.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X has a board power rating of 75 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 75 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched February 1, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X was released on February 1, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 814

PassMark G2D 247

Rank #1,519

Samples 5

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.4

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R9 M280X. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R9 M280X. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R9 M280X.

Features

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X has 2 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Platform

Supported: Radeon Dual Graphics

Support for pairing an AMD APU's integrated graphics with a compatible Radeon GPU.
Supported: Switchable graphics

Support for switching between integrated and dedicated graphics to balance power use and performance.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon R9 M280X supports Resizable BAR and AMD SmartShift. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X supports Radeon Dual Graphics and Switchable graphics under Platform.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon R9 M280X have?

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X has 4 GB of video memory.

How much power does the AMD Radeon R9 M280X use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X has a board power rating of 75 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon R9 M280X?

The AMD Radeon R9 M280X scores 814 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 49.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,519. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 5 fps.