GeForce 920A vs Radeon R9 M280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 920A and Radeon R9 M280X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 920A stacks up against Radeon R9 M280X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M280X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M280X is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M280X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon R9 M280X
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 920A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 M280X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 920A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M280X - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 920A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M280X - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 920A is 54 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M280X.
  • GeForce 920A and Radeon R9 M280X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 2−3
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M280X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce 920A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon R9 M280X
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN
Code name GK208B Saturn XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 1 February 2015
Pipelines 384 896
Core clock speed 954 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 61.60
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 1,792 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.5
FreeSync +
Bus support Not Listed
Laptop size large
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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