AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
38
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Value for money (0-100)
55.46
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Navi / RDNA
Tahiti
Code name
Navi 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 July 2019 (2 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1013 (2.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
10.12
Value for money
27.17
Tahiti
GPU code name
Navi 10
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
2560
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Core clock speed
1605 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
1905 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
10,300 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
304.8
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
1905 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
10,300 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
275 mm
Length
272 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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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 R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
-
AppAcceleration
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1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
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+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 R9 280 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 177 122 105 80 63 34
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 203 138 128 125 87.9 47.6
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 365 266 215 149 109 65
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 333.4 208.3 139.4 92.5 66.5 33.4
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 236 213 178 174 126 65.1
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 R9 280

Cheaper ($305 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1013 (2.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (200 Watt vs 225 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

51.56% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 1792)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 240 GB/s)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT .

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 280
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT