GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon Pro W5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 280 and Radeon Pro W5500M, 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 280 stacks up against Radeon Pro W5500M, check out specs charts below.
GeForce GTX 280
Radeon Pro W5500M

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 280 Radeon Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 236 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
 
  • GeForce GTX 280 has 177% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro W5500M.
  • GeForce GTX 280 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro W5500M has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 280.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 280 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 280 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 10893 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 280.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 14−16
ultra / 1080p 0−1 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 12−14 30−33
medium / 1080p 3−4 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 250% more, than GeForce GTX 280.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 280 Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture Tesla 2.0 RDNA 1.0
Code name GT200 Navi 14
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 16 June 2008 10 February 2020
Pipelines 240 1408
Core clock speed 1296 MHz
Boost Clock 1450 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 48.2 billion/sec 127.6
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1107 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 141.7 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 4.0 6.5
OpenGL 2.1 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 240
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF