Radeon R9 280X 

Released October, 2013
  • 850 MHz
  • 3 GB GDDR5
6.9 Out of 10

Explore 1 desktop with the Radeon R9 280X

GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Radeon R9 280X among Desktop GPUs

Gaming

Radeon R9 280X
6.0
GeForce GTX 770
7.4
GeForce GTX 960
6.7
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

Radeon R9 280X
6.4
GeForce GTX 770
6.3
GeForce GTX 960
8.0
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

Radeon R9 280X
7.9
GeForce GTX 770
6.9
GeForce GTX 960
6.4
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

Radeon R9 280X
6.8
GeForce GTX 770
7.1
GeForce GTX 960
8.2
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

Radeon R9 280X
n.d.
GeForce GTX 770
n.d.
GeForce GTX 960
n.d.
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

Radeon R9 280X
7.9
GeForce GTX 770
7.6
GeForce GTX 960
9.1
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
6.9

Overall Score

Radeon R9 280X
6.9
GeForce GTX 770
7.0
GeForce GTX 960
7.5

Benchmarks Real world tests of the Radeon R9 280X

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280X
468.39 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 960
111.95 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 770
112.94 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280X
95.62 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 770
50.95 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 960
69.13 mPixels/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280X
3,356.04
GeForce GTX 770
3,357.38
GeForce GTX 960
n.d.

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 280X
3,709.16
GeForce GTX 770
3,714.32
GeForce GTX 960
n.d.

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 280X
62.73
GeForce GTX 960
57.4
GeForce GTX 770
60.75

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 280X
380.99
GeForce GTX 960
358.69
GeForce GTX 770
381.9

Thief

Radeon R9 280X
33.6
GeForce GTX 960
50.6
GeForce GTX 770
50

Battlefield 4

Radeon R9 280X
39.9
GeForce GTX 960
58
GeForce GTX 770
57.5

Reviews Word on the street for the Radeon R9 280X

8.5
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Specifications Full list of technical specs

gpu

GPU brand AMD
GPU name Tahiti
Market Desktop
Clock speed 850 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,000 MHz
Is dual GPU No
Reference card AMD Radeon R9 280X 850 MHz 3 GB

raw performance

Shading units 2,048
Texture mapping units 128
Render output processors 32
Compute units 32
Pixel rate 32 GPixel/s
Texture rate 128 GTexel/s
Floating-point performance 4,096 GFLOPS

memory

Memory clock speed 1,500 MHz
Effective memory clock speed 6,000 MHz
Memory bus 384 bit
Memory 3,072 MB
Memory type GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s

noise and power

TDP 250W
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Comments

Showing 7 comments.
Davo Andrew (12:25 PM, August 28, 2019)
On release it was amazing. a couple years later, obviously it has become a budget level card.
boludoz1 . (02:49 PM, May 1, 2016)
It is dont OEM comparation, R9 280X and is better in DX12.
Shaun Jones (04:24 AM, November 5, 2015)
not sure about that, i bought it about a year ago and for instance on ultra on BF4 with resolution scaling at middle around 100% its only hitting around 40fps on a good day its a good card but some games just dont like it much
Parth Thakur (12:57 PM, December 24, 2014)
budget???? u high bro... this thing should be on the best pcs around. 91fps on crysis 3 aint no joke
AquaVolt (09:10 PM, December 15, 2014)
This is good for a budget pc, its cheap and great for what it can do.
Facebook User (06:34 AM, July 6, 2014)
This thing is a killer for its price and add in Amazon and you know what I'm talking about ;) It's even at a discount deal on Amazon right now http://amzn.to/1xzyCIU
Mark Wolf (09:04 AM, May 25, 2014)
XFX version is not 850mhz.. Its clocked to almost 1080mhz.
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