amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280X
amd
Brand20GB GDDR6
Memory5376
Cores800 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Radeon R9 280X
$299 • Oct 2013
Radeon RX 7900 XT
$899 • Nov 2022
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280X | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 20 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250 W | 300 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | 2394 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 800 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 5376 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 84 |
| TMUs | 128 | 336 |
| ROPs | 32 | 192 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 320-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 459.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 800 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.096 GFLOPS | 51.48 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 57700 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 700 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 280X
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
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 RX 7900 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD • 20GB GDDR6
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