Quadro RTX 6000 vs Radeon R9 280

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 280 with Quadro RTX 6000, including specs and performance data.

R9 280
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
14.11

RTX 6000 outperforms R9 280 by a whopping 236% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking37171
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.315.77
Power efficiency4.9512.79
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTahitiTU102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date4 March 2014 (10 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $6,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 6000 has 9% better value for money than R9 280.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores17924608
Core clock speedno data1440 MHz
Boost clock speed933 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate104.5509.8
Floating-point processing power3.344 TFLOPS16.31 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs112288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length275 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth240 GB/s672.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA-7.5
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R9 280 14.11
RTX 6000 47.36
+236%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 280 5552
RTX 6000 18637
+236%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.11 47.36
Recency 4 March 2014 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 260 Watt

R9 280 has 30% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000, on the other hand, has a 235.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 280 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 280 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation one.

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AMD Radeon R9 280
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