Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs Radeon R9 280X
AMD
Radeon HD 8970 OEM
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Jan 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 280X
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 8970 OEM
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 the Radeon R9 280X
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 8970 OEM | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | 32 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 8970 OEM | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 8970 OEM | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jan 2013 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 8970 OEM29.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 280X27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 8970 OEM118.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 280X109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 8970 OEM264.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 280X288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 8970 OEM3789.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 280X3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better