|
|
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Radeon R9 255 among Desktop GPUs
Gaming | |
| | |
| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
| | |
| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
| | |
| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
| | |
| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Value | |
| | |
| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Noise and Power | |
| | |
| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 7 | Overall Score |
| | |
Benchmarks Real world tests of the Radeon R9 255
PassMark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performanceData courtesy Passmark
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
PassMark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu
| GPU brand | AMD |
|---|---|
| GPU name | Cape Verde |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 900 MHz |
| Turbo clock speed | 930 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | No |
| Reference card | None |
raw performance
| Shading units | 512 |
|---|---|
| Texture mapping units | 32 |
| Render output processors | 16 |
| Compute units | 8 |
| Pixel rate | 14.88 GPixel/s |
| Texture rate | 29.76 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 952.3 GFLOPS |
memory
| Memory clock speed | 1,150 MHz |
|---|---|
| Effective memory clock speed | 4,600 MHz |
| Memory bus | 128 bit |
| Memory | 2,048 MB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bandwidth | 73.6 GB/s |
noise and power
| TDP | 65W |
|---|
Report a correction Follow us
Compare
Competitors
 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
|
 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
|
 | |
 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750
|
 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 745
|
 | Colorful GeForce GTX 650
|
 | AMD Radeon R7 240
|
Other Radeon R9 255s
 | ASUS Radeon R9 255 DDR3
|
Popular Comparisons
 | VS |  |
| $280 | ||
| GeForce GTX 1060 vs 1050 Ti | ||
| | VS |  |
| $280 | ||
| GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 580 | ||
 | VS | |
| $280 | ||
| GeForce GTX 970 vs 1060 | ||
| | VS | |
| GeForce GTX 970 vs 1050 Ti | ||
| | VS |  |
| GeForce GTX 970 vs 960 | ||
| | VS | |
| GeForce GTX 960 vs 1050 Ti | ||
 | VS |  |
| $274 | ||
| GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs 950 | ||
