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Radeon R9 280X
GPUBoss recommends the Radeon R9 280X based on its .
See full details| | Radeon R9 280X vs 270X |
by techPowerUp!AMD's Tahiti graphics processor was the first chip to use the GCN shader architecture.
by techPowerUp!With a core clock of 1100 MHz, the GPU overclock isn't as large as on other cards, but the 25 MHz memory OC will help with performance.
Gaming | |
Real world tests using the latest 3D games | |
| Radeon R9 280X 8.7 Radeon R9 270X 8.0 | |
| battlefield 3 (2013) | |
Benchmarks | |
Synthetic tests to measure overall performance | |
| Radeon R9 280X 8.2 Radeon R9 270X 7.5 | |
| 3DMark 11 Graphics, 3DMark Vantage Graphics and 3DMark06 | |
Compute Performance | |
General computing tests executed on the GPU | |
| Radeon R9 280X 9.0 Radeon R9 270X 8.7 | |
| Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013) | |
Noise and Power | |
How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load | |
| Radeon R9 280X 5.4 Radeon R9 270X 5.5 | |
| TDP | |
GPUBoss Score | |
Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power | |
| Radeon R9 280X 8.5 Radeon R9 270X 7.9 | |
Generic Radeon R9 280XGPUBoss Winner | | |
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| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 36,241 | vs | 28,000 | Around 30% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
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| More memory | 3,072 MB | vs | 2,048 MB | 50% more memory | |||
| Better 3DMark06 score | 28,452 | vs | 23,610 | More than 20% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 10,792 | vs | 8,520 | More than 25% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Better floating-point performance | 3,482 GFLOPS | vs | 2,816 GFLOPS | Around 25% better floating-point performance | |||
| More shading units | 2,048 | vs | 1,280 | 768 more shading units | |||
| More texture mapping units | 128 | vs | 80 | 48 more texture mapping units | |||
| More compute units | 32 | vs | 20 | 12 more compute units | |||
| Higher BioShock infinite framerate | 73.9 fps | vs | 55.1 fps | Around 35% higher BioShock infinite framerate | |||
| Wider memory bus | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit | 50% wider memory bus | |||
| Higher crysis 3 framerate | 38.5 fps | vs | 24.5 fps | More than 55% higher crysis 3 framerate | |||
| Higher battlefield 3 framerate | 106.5 fps | vs | 84.3 fps | More than 25% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| Better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score | 339.1 | vs | 310.9 | Around 10% better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 1,100 MHz | vs | 850 MHz | Around 30% higher clock speed | |||
| Significantly higher turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | vs | 1,000 MHz | 15% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 35.2 GPixel/s | vs | 27.2 GPixel/s | Around 30% higher pixel rate | |||
| Lower TDP | 180W | vs | 250W | Around 30% lower TDP | |||
Radeon R9 280X | by techPowerUp!GPU Temperature ComparisonIdleLoadMSI R9 280X Gaming 6 GB40°C77°CMSI R9 280X Gaming 3 GB39°C87°CASUS R9 280X DC II32°C70°CASUS R9 280X Matrix38°C74°CSapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC36°C73°CGigabyte R9 280X OC34°C70°C Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings, cooler design, and production variances.
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