Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon R9 380X
Summary
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 380X
122%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 380X
113%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 380X |
| 13% higher gaming performance. |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380X
The Radeon R9 380X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (24 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) | vs | Antigua (Antigua XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 19 Nov 2015 |
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 380X
31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 380X
124.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 380X
182.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380X
3973.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Radeon R9 380X
13410
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 380X
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 380X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
49
Radeon R9 380X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 380X
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
63
Radeon R9 380X
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation
Radeon R9 280X
42
Radeon R9 380X
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 380X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 380X
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 380X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
33
Radeon R9 380X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 380X
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
35
Radeon R9 380X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
32
Radeon R9 380X
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 380X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
51
Radeon R9 380X
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation
Radeon R9 280X
32
Radeon R9 380X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
25
Radeon R9 380X
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 380X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 380X
18
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
13
Radeon R9 380X
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
14
Radeon R9 380X
20
FPS (higher is better)
DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation
Radeon R9 280X
22
Radeon R9 380X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
16
Radeon R9 380X
17
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 380X
23
FPS (higher is better)