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R9 280

Average Bench: 32.3% (89th of 621)

Based on 28,129 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 679A Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280
Poor: 28%Average: 32.3% Great: 36%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280 averaged 67.7% 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) 125fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 121fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280 is just 7.9%. 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) 79.2fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 61.2fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 28,129 samples)
Rank 8932.3%
Min Avg Max
107 Lighting 125 144
69.1 Reflection 79.2 90
147 Parallax 169 190
34.4% 125 fps
Min Avg Max
54.1 MRender 61.2 68.6
103 Gravity 121 133
76 Splatting 87 98.3
29.6% 89.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB
CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
35.4% Below average
Lighting 142
Reflection 89.6
Parallax 169
38% 134 fps
MRender 67.9
Gravity 128
Splatting 98.2
32% 97.9 fps
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB
CLim: 1106 MHz, MLim: 1354 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.10.1
34.6% Below average
Lighting 138
Reflection 86.6
Parallax 171
37% 132 fps
MRender 65.4
Gravity 126
Splatting 95.5
31% 95.6 fps
PwrHis(1787 3000) 3GB
CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.9.2
25.9% Poor
Lighting 95.5
Reflection 67.3
Parallax 133
26% 98.5 fps
MRender 53
Gravity 102
Splatting 74.9
25% 76.8 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,847,209 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 28,129 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $185 @ launch in Mar '14)
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Sapphire(174B A003) 34% 32% ± 2%
Sapphire R9 280 3GB Dual-X
11230-00-20G
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 14% 35% ± 3%
MSI(1462 277C) 12% 33% ± 2%
Asus(1043 047E) 12% 33% ± 3%
XFX(1682 3003) 10% 31% ± 3%
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation
R9280ATDFD
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Black
R9280ATDBD
PwrHis(1787 3000) 7% 31% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 3000) 5% 32% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 5000) 4% 32% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 2800) 2% 31% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0480) 0% 37% ± 0%
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Typical R9 280 Builds (Compare 24,917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $91

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $99Bench 48%, 220,708 samples7,309x
FX-6300AMD  $68Bench 39%, 158,351 samples6,791x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 43%, 78,184 samples3,268x
GPU
R9 280AMD  $185Bench 32%, 28,129 samples1x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $70Bench 53%, 192,191 samples1,039x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $57Bench 106%, 497,964 samples934x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 60%, 55,178 samples598x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,897 samples869x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 6,165 samples865x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 3,226 samples695x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 40% - Average Total price: $446

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 Comments

GPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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5,652

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 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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3,426

Excellent

5 months ago.

one of the best price/perfomance cards in the market

HUN-User
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2,239

Excellent

11 months 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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2,194

Average

14 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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1,394

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

LVA-User
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1,146

Excellent

1 month ago.

Cool

gvrax
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360

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

RavenBailiff
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228

Average

4 months ago.

The definition of a average card.

Ghost_Supreme
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2

Excellent

9 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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