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Graphics card overview

Radeon R9 280X

AMD

Radeon R9 280X

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 8 Oct 2013 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 280X

Core configuration

GPUTahiti
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance3482.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size3072 Mb
Memory Bus Width384 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth288.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 280X is a graphics card released by AMD on 8 Oct 2013. The graphics card houses the Tahiti die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 4,313 million transistors on a 28 nm, 352 mm² die.

Radeon R9 280X pros and cons

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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon R9 280X Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Compare GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 Compare Radeon RX 460 Radeon RX 460 Compare Radeon R9 380 Radeon R9 380 Compare
Shader units 2048 768 640 896 1792
ROPs 32 32 32 16 32
Graphics processor Tahiti GP107 GP107 Baffin Antigua
Process size 28 nm 14 nm 14 nm 14 nm 28 nm
Memory 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 384 bit 128 bit 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 288.00 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s 112.00 Gb/s 176.00 Gb/s
Release date 8 Oct 2013 25 Oct 2016 25 Oct 2016 29 Jun 2016 18 Jun 2015

Benchmarks

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 380 46
  • Radeon R9 280X 42
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 39
  • Radeon RX 460 38
  • GeForce GTX 1050 35

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 280X 32
  • Radeon R9 380 31
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 29
  • GeForce GTX 1050 26
  • Radeon RX 460 26

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 280X 22
  • Radeon R9 380 21
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 17
  • GeForce GTX 1050 16
  • Radeon RX 460 16

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 54
  • Radeon R9 280X 48
  • GeForce GTX 1050 40

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 35
  • Radeon R9 280X 32
  • GeForce GTX 1050 26

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

  • Radeon R9 280X 14

FPS (higher is better)