Radeon Pro 5600M vs Radeon R9 280

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro 5600M 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 Radeon Pro 5600M stacks up against Radeon R9 280, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 5600M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 5600M 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 Pro 5600M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro 5600M Radeon R9 280
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280 has 300% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 5600M.
  • Radeon Pro 5600M is connected by PCIe 4.0 x16, and Radeon R9 280 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5600M has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280.
  • Radeon Pro 5600M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 280 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon Pro 5600M is build with Navi / RDNA architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Radeon Pro 5600M is manufactured by 7 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5600M is 290 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 35−40
ultra / 1080p 30−35 21−24
QHD / 1440p 27−30 16−18
4K / 2160p 14−16 10−11
low / 720p 75−80 60−65
medium / 1080p 60−65 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5600M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Radeon R9 280.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro 5600M Radeon R9 280
Architecture Navi / RDNA GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 10 Tahiti
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 15 June 2020 4 March 2014
Pipelines 2560 1792
Boost Clock 1265 MHz 933 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 164.8 104.5
Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1540 MBps 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 394.2 GB/s 240 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 408 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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