amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 590
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores240 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
Radeon R9 280
$279 • Mar 2014
AMD Radeon R9 280
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 175 W | 200 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 240 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1792 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 112 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 29.86 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 240 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 3.344 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 0.75 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 4313 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 11.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon R9 280
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon R9 280
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon R9 280
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon R9 280
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
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