
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280X

amd
Brand4GB HBM
Memory4096
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 FURY X

AMD Radeon R9 280X
Radeon R9 280X
$299 • Oct 2013
Radeon R9 FURY X
$649 • Jun 2015
AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280X | AMD Radeon R9 FURY X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | HBM |
| TDP | 250 W | 275 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | N/A |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 4096 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 256 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 4096-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 67.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 512 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.096 GFLOPS | 8.602 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 596 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 8900 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
| 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 280X
AMD Radeon R9 FURY X


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R9 FURY X


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R9 FURY X


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

AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD • 3GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD • 4GB HBM
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