AMD Radeon R9 280 videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 280

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

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38762
5567
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1310
665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
67.829 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1266.685 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
6.495 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
79.909 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
365.384 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
7957 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3698 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3337 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
7957.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3698.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3337.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36532
2009
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 5567
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

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 422
Type Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

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

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)