AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge). Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

231
Place in performance rating
775
10.96
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.2/2.0
Tahiti
Code name
Stoney Ridge
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
no data
reference
Design
no data
9.36
Value for money
no data
Thaiti XTL
GPU code name
Stoney Ridge
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
128
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
600 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
3100 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
no data
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
600 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
3100 Million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 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 R2 (Stoney Ridge).

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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275 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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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 R2 (Stoney Ridge) can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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384 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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 R2 (Stoney Ridge), the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) 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 R2 (Stoney Ridge). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
no data
+
Vulkan
+
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 R2 (Stoney Ridge) 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 R2 (Stoney Ridge) 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 R2 (Stoney Ridge)
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
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

26.02% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 128)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 250 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280X or AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280X versus AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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