Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon R9 285
Summary
Radeon R9 280X
101%
Radeon R9 285
100%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 280X
114%
Radeon R9 285
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| 14% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 285 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 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 285 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) | vs | Tonga (Tonga PRO) |
| 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 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 918 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 2 Sep 2014 |
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 285
29.38 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 285
102.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 285
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 285
3290.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Radeon R9 285
10790
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 285
36
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
Radeon R9 285
20.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
Radeon R9 285
78.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
Radeon R9 285
47.5
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 285
36
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
Radeon R9 285
92.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
Radeon R9 285
72.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
Radeon R9 285
28.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
49
Radeon R9 285
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
63
Radeon R9 285
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 285
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 285
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 285
27
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
Radeon R9 285
7.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
Radeon R9 285
49.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 285
30.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
33
Radeon R9 285
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 285
50
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
Radeon R9 285
64.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
Radeon R9 285
50.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
Radeon R9 285
18.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
35
Radeon R9 285
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 285
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
51
Radeon R9 285
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
25
Radeon R9 285
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 285
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 285
14
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
Radeon R9 285
11.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
Radeon R9 285
23.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
Radeon R9 285
14.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
Radeon R9 285
34.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
Radeon R9 285
32.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
Radeon R9 285
13.4
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
13
Radeon R9 285
9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
16
Radeon R9 285
14
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 285
18
FPS (higher is better)