
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores240 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280

amd
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3456
Cores432 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon R9 280
Radeon R9 280
$279 • Mar 2014
Radeon RX 7700 XT
$449 • Aug 2023
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280 | AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 200 W | 245 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 933 MHz | 2544 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 432 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 1792 | 3456 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 54 |
| TMUs | 112 | 216 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 29.86 GPixel/s | 244.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 240 GTexel/s | 432 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.344 GFLOPS | 35.17 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 346 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 28100 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| 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 7700 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 7700 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 7700 XT


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD • 3GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
AMD • 12GB GDDR6
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