AMD Radeon R9 280X

The AMD Radeon R9 280X is a fast single-GPU graphics card for desktop PCs, that has been presented in October 2013. It is based on the "Tahiti" GPU and manufactured in 28 nanometers. The card offers 2048 shader units and a 384-bit memory interface (3 GB GDDR5, 288 GB/s).

Architecture

The R9 280X uses the same chip as the older Radeon HD 7970. Tahiti is based on the GCN architecture and offers 2048 shaders, 128 TMUs and 32 ROPs. Compared to the HD 7970, the R9 280X clocks slightly higher at 1050 MHz for the Core (max. Boost) and 1500 MHz (6000 MHz effective) for the memory. The 280X supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), but lacks the new Trueaudio feature.

Performance

Depending on game and settings, the performance of the Radeon R9 280X is similar to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 770. Therefore, even the fastest mobile GPUs like the GeForce GTX 780M are outperformed by more than 30 percent. Demanding games like Metro: Last Light can be played fluently in 2560 x 1600 pixels and maximum settings. In some cases, even higher resolutions or additional AA/AF are possible.

Features

The R9 280X supports well-known features like Eyefinity, but also some innovations such as a new turbo mode. Depending on power consumption and temperature, the core can be boosted up to 1050 MHz. However, there is no offical base clock respectively a lower limit.

Power Consumption

Thanks to dynamic clock adjustments and the Zero Core technology, the R9 280X is very energy efficient while idle. Under load, the card is rated at a typical power consumption of 250 watts.

Manufacturer

AMD

R9 Series

Radeon R9 290X	2816 @ 1000 MHz	512 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon R9 280X	2048 @ 1000 MHz	384 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 270X	1280 @ 1050 MHz	256 Bit @ 5600 MHz

Codename

Thaiti XTL

Architecture

GCN

Pipelines

2048 - unified

Core Speed *

1000 MHz

Memory Speed *

6000 MHz

Memory Bus Width

384 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Max. Amount of Memory

3072 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 12 (FL 11_1)

Power Consumption

250 Watt

Transistors

4313 Million

technology

28 nm

Features

Mantle, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, CrossFire, PowerTune, ZeroCore, HD3D

Date of Announcement

08.10.2013

Information

PCI-E 3.0, HDMI mit 4K-Support

Link to Manufacturer Page

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/g...

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Offscreen OGL off screen

100%

min: 124 avg: 124 (23%) median: 124 (23%) max: 124 fps

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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +

3DMark - Time Spy Graphics 2560x1440

100%

min: 2210 avg: 2210 (17%) median: 2210 (17%) max: 2210 Points

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3DMark - Time Spy Score 2560x1440

100%

min: 2393 avg: 2393 (23%) median: 2393 (23%) max: 2393 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080

100%

min: 8343 avg: 8343 (21%) median: 8343 (21%) max: 8343 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080

100%

min: 7368 avg: 7368 (32%) median: 7368 (32%) max: 7368 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720

100%

min: 52117 avg: 52117 (32%) median: 52117 (32%) max: 52117 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720

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min: 22027 avg: 22027 (45%) median: 22027 (45%) max: 22027 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen

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min: 285376 avg: 285376 (63%) median: 285376 (63%) max: 285376 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720

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min: 302308 avg: 302308 (40%) median: 302308 (40%) max: 302308 Points

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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - DX 11, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080

100%

min: 94.6 avg: 95.2 (35%) median: 95.2 (35%) max: 95.8 fps

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

100%

min: 10792 avg: 10792 (21%) median: 10792 (21%) max: 10792 points

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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

100%

min: 10241 avg: 10241 (36%) median: 10241 (36%) max: 10241 points

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3DMark Vantage
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

P Result 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +

Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024

100%

min: 125.7 avg: 125.7 (56%) median: 125.7 (56%) max: 125.7 fps

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SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +

Tcvis 1920x1080 +

SolidWorks 1920x1080 +

Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +

Maya 1920x1080 +

Lightwave 1920x1080 +

Ensight 1920x1080 +

Catia 1920x1080 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

100%

min: 7.9 avg: 7.9 (100%) median: 7.9 (100%) max: 7.9 points

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

100%

min: 7.9 avg: 7.9 (100%) median: 7.9 (100%) max: 7.9 points

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.