Radeon RX 480 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon RX 480
168%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 480
154%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480 |
| 54% higher gaming performance. |
| 100 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 480
The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (22 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | 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 | 2304 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
18430
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 480
60
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 480
60
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 480
66
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
81
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
84
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
75
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 480
53
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 480
77
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 480
39
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 480
45
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 480
46
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
52
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
59
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
54
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 480
41
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 480
56
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 480
23
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 480
25
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
24
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
34
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 480
25
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 480
29
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)