AMD Radeon R9 280 vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280 and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 280

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
15.1x more texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
38.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5563 vs 146
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2014 vs 1 May 2006
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5563 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark	665 vs 409

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5563

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

665

409

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	5563	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	665	409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2009

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	4 March 2014	1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	423	388
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	933 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	384 million
Core clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)