Radeon R9 280X Overview

Radeon R9 280X
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 280X

Core Configuration

GPU Tahiti
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 3482.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 3072 Mb
Memory Bus Width 384 bit
Memory Speed 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 288.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    355%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    353%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    290%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    286%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    263%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    246%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    239%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    221%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    212%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    204%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    189%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    183%
  • Radeon RX 580
    179%
  • Radeon R9 390
    170%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    169%
  • Radeon RX 480
    167%
  • Radeon RX 570
    166%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    164%
  • Radeon RX 470
    151%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    140%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    136%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    132%
  • Radeon R9 380
    100%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    96%
  • Radeon RX 460
    81%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    80%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    78%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 280X is a graphics card released by AMD on 8 Oct 2013. The graphics card houses the Tahiti die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 4,313 million transistors on a 28 nm, 352 mm2 die.

Radeon R9 280X pros and cons

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon R9 280XGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050Radeon RX 460Radeon R9 380
Radeon R9 280XGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050Radeon RX 460Radeon R9 380
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Shader units20487686408961792
ROPs3232321632
Graphics processorTahitiGP107GP107BaffinAntigua
Process size28 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm28 nm
Memory3072 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective)
Memory bus width384 bit128 bit128 bit128 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth288.00 Gb/s112.10 Gb/s112.10 Gb/s112.00 Gb/s176.00 Gb/s
Release date8 Oct 201325 Oct 201625 Oct 201629 Jun 201618 Jun 2015

Benchmarks

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 380
    46
  • Radeon R9 280X
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    39
  • Radeon RX 460
    38
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 280X
    32
  • Radeon R9 380
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    26
  • Radeon RX 460
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 280X
    22
  • Radeon R9 380
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    17
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    16
  • Radeon RX 460
    16

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    54
  • Radeon R9 280X
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    35
  • Radeon R9 280X
    32
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

  • Radeon R9 280X
    14

FPS (higher is better)