AMD Radeon R9 280X vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and ATI Radeon X1950 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 12.3x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 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
- 41.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6211 vs 151
- Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 686 vs 466
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 10 September 2006 |
Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 90 nm |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 6211 vs 151 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 686 vs 466 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 280X | ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 6211 | 151 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 686 | 466 |
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | R500 |
Code name | Tahiti | R580+ |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 10 September 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Place in performance rating | 378 | 328 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 | 10.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | |
Transistor count | 4,313 million | 384 million |
Core clock speed | 650 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.0 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 64.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR4 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |