Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
Radeon R9 280X
125%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 280X
144%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| 44% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X |
| 70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (36 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Points (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
Radeon R9 270X
17.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
Radeon R9 270X
66.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
Radeon R9 270X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 270X
29
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
Radeon R9 270X
84.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
Radeon R9 270X
53.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
Radeon R9 270X
25.5
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
63
Radeon R9 270X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 270X
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 270X
37
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
Radeon R9 270X
5.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
Radeon R9 270X
41.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 270X
27.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
33
Radeon R9 270X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 270X
34
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
Radeon R9 270X
62.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
Radeon R9 270X
38.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
Radeon R9 270X
16.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 270X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
51
Radeon R9 270X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
25
Radeon R9 270X
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 270X
27
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
Radeon R9 270X
7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
Radeon R9 270X
20.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
Radeon R9 270X
13.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
Radeon R9 270X
35.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
Radeon R9 270X
24.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
Radeon R9 270X
10.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
16
Radeon R9 270X
11
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 270X
6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R9 280X
72
Radeon R9 270X
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 270X
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
42
Radeon R9 270X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 270X
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
67
Radeon R9 270X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R9 280X
50
Radeon R9 270X
38
FPS (higher is better)