Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon RX 5600 XT
260%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| 160% higher gaming performance. |
| 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 FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 5600 XT
The Radeon RX 5600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 12 (Navi 12 XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 5600 XT
121.90 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
243.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
7803.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
95
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
63
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
34
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)