amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores240 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280
amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1024
Cores143.9 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon R9 280
Radeon R9 280
$279 • Mar 2014
Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 • Jan 2022
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280 | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 200 W | 107 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 933 MHz | 2815 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 143.9 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 6nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1792 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 16 |
| TMUs | 112 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2248 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 29.86 GPixel/s | 90.08 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 240 GTexel/s | 143.9 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.344 GFLOPS | 5.765 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 107 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 5400 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| 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 RX 6500 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
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 6500 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
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