GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 280 vs 7950 among Desktop GPUs

Gaming

Radeon R9 280
6.3
Radeon HD 7950
6.7
GeForce GTX 760
6.3
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

Radeon R9 280
6.2
Radeon HD 7950
6.3
GeForce GTX 760
n.d.
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

Radeon R9 280
7.6
Radeon HD 7950
7.2
GeForce GTX 760
n.d.
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

Radeon R9 280
7.1
Radeon HD 7950
7.2
GeForce GTX 760
7.1
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

Radeon R9 280
n.d.
Radeon HD 7950
n.d.
GeForce GTX 760
n.d.
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

Radeon R9 280
8.4
Radeon HD 7950
5.4
GeForce GTX 760
8.7
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
6.9

Overall Score

Radeon R9 280
6.9
Radeon HD 7950
6.8
GeForce GTX 760
6.7

Winner
AMD Radeon R9 280 

GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon R9 280  based on its benchmarks and compute performance.

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon R9 280

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon R9 280

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Better ocean surface simulation score 1,687.03 frames/s vs 1,177.76 frames/s Around 45% better ocean surface simulation score
Slightly better floating-point performance 3,344 GFLOPS vs 2,867.2 GFLOPS More than 15% better floating-point performance
Slightly higher texture rate 104.5 GTexel/s vs 89.6 GTexel/s More than 15% higher texture rate
Better PassMark direct compute score 3,208 vs 2,725 Around 20% better PassMark direct compute score
Front view of Radeon HD 7950

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AMD Radeon HD 7950

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Slightly better cloud gate factor score 20.6 vs 19.82 Around 5% better cloud gate factor score

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 280 vs HD 7950

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
365.38 mHash/s
Radeon HD 7950
382.11 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
80.47 mPixels/s
Radeon HD 7950
77.81 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
1,687.03 frames/s
Radeon HD 7950
1,177.76 frames/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
3,356.46
Radeon HD 7950
3,359.66

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
3,713.26
Radeon HD 7950
3,712.14

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 280
55.14
Radeon HD 7950
57.91

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 280
336.33
Radeon HD 7950
355.06

Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 280
19.82
Radeon HD 7950
20.6

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Comments

Showing 4 comments.
eurorootz (10:54 PM, July 25, 2014)
Not to mention but that particular cooler on the 7950 allows for way better OC without all the extra heat.
Cihan U. (01:21 PM, June 30, 2014)
how can i unlock my sapphire hd7950 gpu voltage
therock (04:30 PM, June 20, 2014)
Agreed, my 7950 boost is insignificantly faster.
BlackStormMC (11:01 PM, June 3, 2014)
Exactly the same card
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