AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6480G

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

231
Place in performance rating
991
10.96
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
Terascale 2
Tahiti
Code name
Llano
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
15 June 2011 (10 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$362
reference
Design
no data
9.36
Value for money
0.01
Thaiti XTL
GPU code name
Llano
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
240
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Core clock speed
444 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,313 million
Transistor count
1000 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
128.0
Texture fill rate
4.744
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,313 million
Number of transistors
1000 Million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
IGP
275 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
System Shared
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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384 Bit
Memory bus width
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288 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G is the additional functionality.

+
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
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
no data
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 6480G 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 280X or AMD Radeon HD 6480G good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
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 280X

25.76% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($330 (1.1x MSRP) vs $362)

More pipelines (2048 vs 240)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 32 nm)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6480G

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon R9 280X or AMD Radeon HD 6480G?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280X versus AMD Radeon HD 6480G performance benchmarks comparison

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