AMD Radeon RX 560X vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 560X

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 1000 MHz
637.5x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4873 vs 3700
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4873 vs 3700

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4873 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4873 vs 3700

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
1575.4x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 5698
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 5698
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 677 vs 669
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6166 vs 3553

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603 vs 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603 vs 5698
PassMark - G2D Mark	677 vs 669
PassMark - G3D Mark	6166 vs 3553

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5698

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5698

9603

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

669

677

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3553

6166

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4873

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4873

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X	AMD Radeon R9 280X
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5698	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5698	9603
PassMark - G2D Mark	669	677
PassMark - G3D Mark	3553	6166
Geekbench - OpenCL	16461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4873	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4873	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3357
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Tahiti
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	390	391
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2048
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024	2048
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	128.0 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)