Radeon RX 470 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon RX 470
152%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 470
135%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 470 |
| 35% higher gaming performance. |
| 130 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 470
The Radeon RX 470 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (21 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 470 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 470
38.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
154.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
211.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
4940.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
16690
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 470
51
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 470
53
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 470
58
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 470
75
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 470
76
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 470
68
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 470
49
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 470
68
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 470
32
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 470
36
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 470
39
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 470
47
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 470
51
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 470
48
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 470
36
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 470
50
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 470
19
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 470
21
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 470
22
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 470
30
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 470
22
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)