AMD Radeon R9 280X vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 280X

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
12.8x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
45.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6211 vs 137
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 686 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 24 January 2006
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	686 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6211

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

686

507

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	686	507
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	378	293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	384 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1450 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)