AMD Radeon RX 480 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 RX 480

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8578 vs 6138
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 675
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 103.851 vs 89.187
Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.772 vs 493.57
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11172 vs 9603
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3700
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11172 vs 9603
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 3700

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8578 vs 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851 vs 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772 vs 493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

706.2x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1434.496 vs 769.541
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.656 vs 7.593
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.459 vs 67.879
2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2351 vs 966

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496 vs 769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656 vs 7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459 vs 67.879
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351 vs 966

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8578

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

675

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

103.851

89.187

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

769.541

1434.496

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.593

7.656

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

67.879

87.459

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

597.772

493.57

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11172

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11172

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

966

2351

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark	8578	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	774	675
Geekbench - OpenCL	39538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	966	2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Tahiti
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$299
Place in performance rating	360	372
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	4,096 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2048
Stream Processors	2304	2048
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
DDMA audio