AMD Radeon R9 280 videocard review
Radeon R9 280 videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 March 2014. At the time of release, the videocard cost $279. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.
Boost clock speed - 933 MHz. Texture fill rate - 104.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1792. Floating-point performance - 3,344 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 200 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1250 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 240 GB/s.
Benchmarks
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5555 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 665 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 67.829 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 1266.685 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 6.495 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 79.909 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 365.384 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 7957 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3698 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3337 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 7957.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3698.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3337.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2009 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Tahiti |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
| Launch date | 4 March 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 |
| Place in performance rating | 431 |
| Type | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 933 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 3,344 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1792 |
| Stream Processors | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 104.5 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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| Dual-link DVI support | |
| Eyefinity | |
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| VGA | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 275 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | |
| CrossFire | |
| DDMA audio | |
| FreeSync | |
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| LiquidVR | |
| TressFX | |
| TrueAudio | |
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |
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