AMD Radeon R9 280X: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 280X sales 8 October 2013 at a recommended price of $299 . This is GCN 1.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 3072 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is 2-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 275 mm. 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 30.65 percent of a leader's which is AMD Radeon R9 390 X2.
General info
Technical specs
Memory specs
Technologies
Benchmarks
Mining
Gaming
NVIDIA equivalent
Advices and comments
General info
Of Radeon R9 280X's architecture, market type and release date.
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Code name
Tahiti
Type
Desktop
Design
reference
Release date
8 October 2013
Technical specs
Radeon R9 280X's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 280X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Transistor count
4,313 million
of 21100
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
of 12
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon R9 280X's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
275 mm
Width
2-slot
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory specs
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 280X: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
of 32
Shared memory
-
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 280X.
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
+
HDMI
+
DisplayPort support
+
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R9 280X. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
AppAcceleration
+
CrossFire
+
FreeSync
+
HD3D
+
LiquidVR
+
TressFX
+
TrueAudio
+
UVD
+
DDMA audio
+
Eyefinity
+
API support
APIs supported by Radeon R9 280X, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
DirectX® 12
Vulkan
+
Video card benchmarks performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Radeon R9 280X. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
30.65
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
285376.00
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
52117.00
3DMark Fire Strike Score
7368.00
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
8343.00
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
10792.00
3DMark Vantage Performance
33045.00
Unigine Heaven 3.0
95.20
Unigine Heaven 4.0
1017
Passmark
5835
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
8870
Mining hashrate
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R9 280X. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
494 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred)
1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
14.42 Mh/s
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)
0.5 kh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)
285 Sol/s
Game benchmarks (in FPS)
Let's see how good Radeon R9 280X is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS, while overall gaming performance is a number in 0-100 range, and the older the game, the less impact it has on the overall grade.
Overall gaming performance
16.82
Games benchmarked by notebookcheck.net
Fortnite (2018)
medium / 1080p
158.00
high / 1080p
60.00
ultra / 1080p
47.50
Mass Effect Andromeda (2017)
medium / 1080p
61.00
high / 1080p
36.50
ultra / 1080p
30.50
4k / 2160p
12.00
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) (2017)
ultra / 1080p
29.40
Battlefield 1 (BF1) (2016)
high / 1080p
66.70
ultra / 1080p
60.20
4k / 2160p
17.00
Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)
high / 1080p
43.20
Overwatch (2016)
high / 1080p
146.00
ultra / 1080p
73.00
4k / 2160p
47.40
Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
low / 768p
116.00
medium / 768p
78.00
high / 1080p
49.30
ultra / 1080p
39.40
4k / 2160p
21.10
The Division (2016)
high / 1080p
47.60
ultra / 1080p
39.70
4k / 2160p
22.50
Dota 2 (2015)
ultra / 1080p
137.00
4k / 2160p
68.00
Fallout 4 (2015)
low / 720p
135.00
medium / 768p
97.00
high / 1080p
57.00
ultra / 1080p
44.70
4k / 2160p
17.00
GTA V (2015)
low / 768p
129.50
medium / 768p
121.90
high / 1080p
76.30
ultra / 1080p
31.90
The Witcher 3 (2015)
low / 768p
114.40
medium / 768p
76.40
high / 1080p
47.60
ultra / 1080p
20.20
Far Cry 4 (2014)
low / 768p
96.40
medium / 768p
92.90
high / 1080p
72.00
ultra / 1080p
60.40
Sims 4 (2014)
low / 768p
187.90
medium / 768p
104.80
high / 1080p
83.80
ultra / 1080p
79.40
Battlefield 4 (2013)
low / 768p
137.30
medium / 768p
114.20
high / 768p
101.70
ultra / 1080p
58.50
Crysis 3 (2013)
low / 768p
143.50
medium / 768p
124.10
high / 768p
88.30
ultra / 1080p
38.50
Tomb Raider (2013)
low / 768p
486.20
medium / 768p
310.50
high / 768p
207.80
ultra / 1080p
101.10
X-Plane 10.25 (2013)
low / 768p
89.10
medium / 768p
47.80
high / 768p
24.80
ultra / 1080p
18.60
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon R9 280X performance compared to its nearest competitors. All GPU types participate.
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R9 280X from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 680, which is faster by 3% and lower by 1 position in our rating.
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