GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 280 vs R9 270X among Desktop GPUs

Gaming

Radeon R9 280
6.3
Radeon R9 270X
6.0
GeForce GTX 760
6.3
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

Radeon R9 280
6.2
Radeon R9 270X
6.2
GeForce GTX 760
n.d.
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

Radeon R9 280
7.6
Radeon R9 270X
6.9
GeForce GTX 760
n.d.
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

Radeon R9 280
7.1
Radeon R9 270X
7.0
GeForce GTX 760
7.1
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

Radeon R9 280
n.d.
Radeon R9 270X
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 R9 270X
8.6
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 R9 270X
6.7
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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Higher memory bandwidth 240 GB/s vs 192 GB/s 25% higher memory bandwidth
Slightly better PassMark score 5,311 vs 4,658 Around 15% better PassMark score
More memory 3,072 MB vs 2,048 MB 50% more memory
Significantly better T-Rex score 8.22 frames/s vs 4.36 frames/s Around 90% better T-Rex score
Significantly better PassMark direct compute score 3,208 vs 1,062 More than 3x better PassMark direct compute score
More shading units 1,792 vs 1,280 512 more shading units
More texture mapping units 112 vs 80 32 more texture mapping units
Wider memory bus 384 bit vs 256 bit 50% wider memory bus
More compute units 28 vs 20 8 more compute units
Front view of Radeon R9 270X

Reasons to consider the
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Higher clock speed 1,100 MHz vs 827 MHz Around 35% higher clock speed
Higher effective memory clock speed 6,000 MHz vs 5,000 MHz 20% higher effective memory clock speed
Higher turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz vs 933 MHz Around 25% higher turbo clock speed
Slightly higher pixel rate 36.8 GPixel/s vs 29.86 GPixel/s Around 25% higher pixel rate
Higher memory clock speed 1,500 MHz vs 1,250 MHz 20% higher memory clock speed
Slightly lower TDP 180W vs 200W 10% lower TDP

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 280 vs 270X

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
365.38 mHash/s
Radeon R9 270X
251.26 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
80.47 mPixels/s
Radeon R9 270X
57.24 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
1,687.03 frames/s
Radeon R9 270X
1,298.8 frames/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
3,356.46
Radeon R9 270X
3,353.98

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280
3,713.26
Radeon R9 270X
3,713.26

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 280
55.14
Radeon R9 270X
51.83

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 280
336.33
Radeon R9 270X
338.41

Dirt3

Radeon R9 280
92
Radeon R9 270X
84

Comments

Showing 7 comments.
How_delightful (03:58 PM, May 18, 2015)
The Asus R9 280 is GREAT bang for your EuroYen.
TheAlemdar (07:36 AM, April 12, 2015)
Does not work with this system in an ultra. You are give a definitive answer
diss (10:05 PM, April 11, 2015)
Yes r9 280 is very good for it as I said but r9 270x has the best price to performance ratio which will certainly help if your on a budget
Alex CR (08:09 PM, April 11, 2015)
Not ultra? The recomended requeriments for GTA V is a R9 270x, the R9 280 is enough to run this game pretty good at 1080p to 60FPS and more
diss (10:10 AM, April 11, 2015)
not ultra but easily both of these gpus can easily run gta 5 at 1080p 45 to 50 fps for R9 270x and 55 to 60 for R9 280
TheAlemdar (08:47 AM, April 11, 2015)
Gta 5 for ultra this gpu? Cpu is 3570k
First-Time Builder (06:19 AM, January 25, 2015)
Going for the 280 too little a price difference
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