AMD Radeon RX 570 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1206-1244 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 1244x more texture fill rate: 159.23 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
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 6216
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.688 vs 89.187
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.251 vs 7.656
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 520.089 vs 493.57
  • Around 65% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3864 vs 2339
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1206-1244 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6967 vs 6216
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.688 vs 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.251 vs 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 520.089 vs 493.57
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3864 vs 2339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

  • 803.1x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 688 vs 626
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1434.496 vs 1083.926
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.459 vs 79.029
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 9172
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3700 vs 3624
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 9172
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3700 vs 3624
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 688 vs 626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1434.496 vs 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 87.459 vs 79.029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9603 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3700 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9603 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3700 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3346

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6967
6216
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
626
688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
105.688
89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1083.926
1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.251
7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.029
87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
520.089
493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9172
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3624
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9172
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3624
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3864
2339
Name AMD Radeon RX 570 AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark 6967 6216
PassMark - G2D Mark 626 688
Geekbench - OpenCL 36141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.688 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1083.926 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.251 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.029 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 520.089 493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9172 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3624 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9172 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3624 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3864 2339

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 570 AMD Radeon R9 280X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 20 Tahiti
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $169 $299
Place in performance rating 396 375
Price now $149.99
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1206-1244 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 926-1168 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 2048
Pixel fill rate 39.81 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048 2048
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s 128.0 GTexel / s
Texture Units 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 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

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
AppAcceleration
DDMA audio
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio