AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition VS AMD Radeon R9 280X
amd
Brand1GB GDDR5
Memory640
Cores72 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
$159 • Feb 2012
Radeon R9 280X
$299 • Oct 2013
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon R9 280X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 80 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 640 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 40 | 128 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1125 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 16 GPixel/s | 32 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 72 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1 GFLOPS | 4.096 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.25 MB | 0.75 MB |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 1500 Million | 4313 Million |
| Required PSU | 250 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon R9 280X
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 280X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD • 1GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
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