Radeon RX 570 vs Radeon R9 280X

Radeon RX 570
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 570
Radeon R9 280X
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 280X

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 570
    159%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 570

59% higher gaming performance.
130 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 570

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 570

The Radeon RX 570 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 570Radeon R9 280X
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere PRO)vsTahiti (Tahiti XTL)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs352 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs4,313 million
Shaders2048vs2048
Compute Units32vs32
Core clock926 MHzvs850 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs128vs128

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 570Radeon R9 280X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
vs1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 570Radeon R9 280X
TDP120 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date1 Apr 2017vs8 Oct 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 570
    38.60 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 280X
    27.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 570
    154.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 280X
    109.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 570
    211.20 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 280X
    288.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 570
    4940.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 280X
    3482.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 570
    69
  • Radeon R9 280X
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 570
    81
  • Radeon R9 280X
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 570
    82
  • Radeon R9 280X
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 570
    74
  • Radeon R9 280X
    42

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 570
    58
  • Radeon R9 280X
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 570
    48
  • Radeon R9 280X
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 570
    52
  • Radeon R9 280X
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 570
    56
  • Radeon R9 280X
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 570
    54
  • Radeon R9 280X
    32

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 570
    42
  • Radeon R9 280X
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 570
    26
  • Radeon R9 280X
    13

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 570
    25
  • Radeon R9 280X
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 570
    32
  • Radeon R9 280X
    22

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 570
    24
  • Radeon R9 280X
    16

FPS (higher is better)