amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores240 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280
amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores179.2 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon R9 280
Radeon R9 280
$279 • Mar 2014
Radeon R9 270X
$199 • Oct 2013
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280 | AMD Radeon R9 270X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 200 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 933 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 179.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 1792 | 1280 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 112 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 29.86 GPixel/s | 33.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 240 GTexel/s | 179.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.344 GFLOPS | 2.688 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 2800 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-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 R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 270X
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 280 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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