AMD Radeon R9 280X vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X 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 280X

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
18.6x more texture fill rate: 128.0 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
42.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6166 vs 146
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 678 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 May 2006
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6166 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark	678 vs 409

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6166

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

678

409

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	6166	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	678	409
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	2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	391	388
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	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 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, 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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)