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R9 280

Average Bench: 31.3% (99th of 627)

Based on 30,333 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 679A Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280
Poor: 28%Average: 31.3% Great: 34%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280 averaged 68.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 122fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 121fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280 is just 6.24%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 280 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 78.9fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 168fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 30,333 samples)
Rank 9931.3%
Min Avg Max
96.8 Lighting 122 144
69.4 Reflection 78.9 90
148 Parallax 168 190
31.9% 123 fps
Min Avg Max
54.3 MRender 61 68.3
106 Gravity 121 131
76.6 Splatting 86.8 98.4
31.5% 89.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B A003)
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.1
36.7% Below average
Lighting 146
Reflection 90.5
Parallax 190
38% 142 fps
MRender 69
Gravity 142
Splatting 100
37% 104 fps
MSI(1462 277C) 3GB
CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.2
32.6% Below average
Lighting 128
Reflection 62.1
Parallax 168
34% 119 fps
MRender 62.1
Gravity 126
Splatting 87.4
33% 91.9 fps
MSI(1462 277C) 3GB
CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4
25.6% Poor
Lighting 107
Reflection 66.5
Parallax 143
28% 105 fps
MRender 51.5
Gravity 97.7
Splatting 71.7
26% 73.6 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 22,406,001 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 30,333 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $185 @ launch in Mar '14)
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Sapphire(174B A003) 40% 31% ± 2%
Sapphire R9 280 3GB Dual-X
11230-00-20G
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 14% 33% ± 1%
MSI(1462 277C) 12% 31% ± 2%
Asus(1043 047E) 11% 32% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3003) 9% 31% ± 2%
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation
R9280ATDFD
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Black
R9280ATDBD
PowerColor(148C 3000) 5% 31% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 4% 30% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 5000) 3% 31% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2800) 1% 30% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0482) 1% 33% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 229B) 0% 29% ± 1%
MSI(1462 277D) 0% 32% ± 0%
Asus(1043 047C) 0% 31% ± 0%
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Typical R9 280 Builds (Compare 26,535 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 30%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $92

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 49%, 247,167 samples7,828x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 42%, 174,825 samples7,206x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 44%, 91,262 samples3,482x
GPU
R9 280AMD  $185Bench 31%, 30,333 samples1x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples1,097x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples984x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 60%, 70,930 samples639x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 6,057 samples948x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 5,192 samples923x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 3,326 samples734x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 41% - Average Total price: $477

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 Comments

GPUPro
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USA-User
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5,980

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

— Slightly faster than a 1050 Ti for less money, and mine overclocked and benched well on air cooling. Definitely a good card. Helped my mom learn Engrish before we sold her back into slavery in Hong Kong.

TUR-User
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3,560

Excellent

7 months ago.

one of the best price/perfomance cards in the market

HUN-User
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2,285

Good

6 days ago.

Is my card for nearly 5 years and runs most of the latest games, only problem is its sound .

NLD-User
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2,246

Average

16 months ago.

Have this card for 3 years now. Still performs. Aiming to get an upgrade soon though. For the latest triple A titles with high (not ultra or something) settings at 2k this card just doesn't cut it anymore. it still performs smooth at 1080 medium though :) So for a budget system, I'd say. you'd still be good.

NOR-User
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1,420

Excellent

2 years ago.

keeps at around 60 degrees celsius on games like bf1 bf4 and pubg. playing with 70-90 fps!!

gvrax
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372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

RavenBailiff
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260

Average

6 months ago.

The definition of a average card.

Ghost_Supreme
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2

Excellent

11 months ago.

Amazing performance for a cheap graphics card! Can run any modern game at 30 fps, and many triple A games at 60+fps, even at ultra settings!

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