amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280X
amd
Brand16GB HBM2
Memory3840
Cores1020 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon VII
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Radeon R9 280X
$299 • Oct 2013
Radeon VII
$699 • Feb 2019
AMD Radeon VII
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280X | AMD Radeon VII |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| TDP | 250 W | 295 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 1020 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 5.1 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 3840 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 240 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 4096-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 112 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 420 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.096 GFLOPS | 13.44 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 331 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 13230 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 | 12.1 |
| 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 VII
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon VII
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 VII
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon VII
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon VII Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon VII
AMD • 16GB HBM2
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