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    GeForce GTX 570M vs Radeon R9 280

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon R9 280, 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 GTX 570M stacks up against Radeon R9 280, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 570M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 570M 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 GeForce GTX 570M here:

    GeForce GTX 570M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 570M Radeon R9 280
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 3 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 280 has 166% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 570M.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 280 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon R9 280 have maximum RAM of 3 GB.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 280 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 570M is 250 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 21−24 60−65
    medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than GeForce GTX 570M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 570M Radeon R9 280
    Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
    Code name N12E-GT Tahiti
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 28 June 2011 4 March 2014
    Pipelines 336 1792
    Core clock speed 575 MHz
    Boost Clock 933 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 32.2 billion/sec 104.5
    Floating-point performance 772.8 gflops 3,344 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72.0 GB/s 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 API
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 336
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    3D Blu-Ray +
    3D Gaming +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 408 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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