amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores240 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 580
AMD Radeon R9 280
Radeon R9 280
$279 • Mar 2014
Radeon RX 580
$229 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 580
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 200 W | 185 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 933 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1792 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 112 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 29.86 GPixel/s | 42.88 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 240 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.344 GFLOPS | 6.175 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
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 RX 580
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 580
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 RX 580
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 580
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 580 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
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