AMD Radeon E8950
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon E8950
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
237
GCN 3.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Amethyst
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$279
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Price now
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
10.12
Amethyst
GPU code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
1792
735 MHz
Core clock speed
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1000 MHz
Boost Clock
933 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
95 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
104.5
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,344 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
933 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
95 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
275 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
192.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
240 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-
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UVD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon E8950 or AMD Radeon R9 280 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon E8950

More pipelines (2048 vs 1792)

Less power consumption (95 Watt vs 200 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280

26.71% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 192.0 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon E8950 or AMD Radeon R9 280?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280 .

AMD Radeon E8950 versus AMD Radeon R9 280 performance benchmarks comparison

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