Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 290X
147%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 290X
140%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290X |
| 40% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290X
The Radeon R9 290X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 290X
57
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
Radeon R9 290X
35.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
Radeon R9 290X
120.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
Radeon R9 290X
74.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 290X
66
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
Radeon R9 290X
113.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
Radeon R9 290X
105.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
Radeon R9 290X
46.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
49
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
63
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 290X
64
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 290X
41
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
Radeon R9 290X
22.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
Radeon R9 290X
77.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 290X
49.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
33
Radeon R9 290X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 290X
62
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
Radeon R9 290X
89.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
Radeon R9 290X
76.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
Radeon R9 290X
29.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
35
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
51
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
25
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
Radeon R9 290X
20.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
Radeon R9 290X
38.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
Radeon R9 290X
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
Radeon R9 290X
56.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
Radeon R9 290X
48.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
Radeon R9 290X
20.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
13
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
16
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R9 280X
72
Radeon R9 290X
92
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 290X
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
42
Radeon R9 290X
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 290X
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
67
Radeon R9 290X
82
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R9 280X
50
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)