Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon RX Vega 56
241%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| 141% higher gaming performance. |
| 40 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Vega 56
The Radeon RX Vega 56 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 3584 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 56 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1156 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 210 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
100
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
116
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
122
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
110
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
90
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
72
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
76
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
81
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
80
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
67
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
40
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
38
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
48
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
39
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)