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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge vs Radeon R9 280X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 280X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 280X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon R9 280X
    Power consumption (TDP) 12-45 Watt 250 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 280X has 1983% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 280X - in Desktops.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is build with GCN 1.2/2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 280X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon R9 280X
    Architecture GCN 1.2/2.0 GCN
    Code name Bristol Ridge Thaiti XTL
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 June 2016 8 October 2013
    Pipelines 384 2048
    Boost Clock 800 MHz 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 3100 Million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 128.0
    Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 494 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
    AppAcceleration +
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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