AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon R9 280X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 8870
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 8870
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3700 vs 3586
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3700 vs 3586
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 686 vs 585
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6211 vs 4809

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700 vs 3586
PassMark - G2D Mark	686 vs 585
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211 vs 4809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

585

686

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4809

6211

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	AMD Radeon R9 280X
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8870	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8870	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3586	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3586	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL	22421
PassMark - G2D Mark	585	686
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809	6211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		493.57
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega 12	Tahiti
Launch date	14 November 2018	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	360	378
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Floating-point performance		4,096 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Stream Processors		2048
Texture fill rate		128.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		288 GB/s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)