Radeon RX 570 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 4,313 million |
Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
Core clock | 926 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 570 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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TDP | 120 watts | vs | 250 watts |
Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 570
38.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
154.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
211.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
4940.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
69
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
81
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 570
82
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
74
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
58
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
48
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
52
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 570
56
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
54
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
42
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
26
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
25
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
32
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
24
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)