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R9 280

Average Bench: 32% (144th of 689)

Based on 42,793 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 679A Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280
Poor: 29%Average: 32% Great: 36%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280 averaged 67.9% 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) 41.2fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 39.6fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280 is just 7.09%. 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) 32.9fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 50.9fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 42,793 samples)
Rank 14432%
Min Avg Max
35.7 Lighting 41.2 46.4
20.6 Reflection 32.9 38.8
45.4 Parallax 50.9 59.5
33.3% 41.7 fps
Min Avg Max
26.4 MRender 29.2 34.1
36.1 Gravity 39.6 43.4
20.5 Splatting 22.9 27.1
30.5% 30.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 047E) 3GB
CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.2.2
32.3% Below average
Lighting 42.6
Reflection 36
Parallax 48.4
34% 42.3 fps
MRender 28.3
Gravity 38.6
Splatting 22.2
30% 29.7 fps
Sapphire(174B A003)
CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.2
32% Below average
Lighting 40
Reflection 34.2
Parallax 52.6
32% 42.3 fps
MRender 27.4
Gravity 41.5
Splatting 21.5
32% 30.1 fps
MSI(1462 277C) 3GB
CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
31.1% Below average
Lighting 41.6
Reflection 30.8
Parallax 47.9
34% 40.1 fps
MRender 27.8
Gravity 36.5
Splatting 20.6
28% 28.3 fps
Sapphire(174B A003)
CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
30.5% Below average
Lighting 40.2
Reflection 31.1
Parallax 45.5
32% 38.9 fps
MRender 26.8
Gravity 36.5
Splatting 20.8
28% 28 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 56,817,656 GPUs tested.

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $185 @ launch in Mar '14)
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Sapphire(174B A003) 30% 31% ± 2%
Sapphire R9 280 3GB Dual-X
11230-00-20G
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 16% 34% ± 2%
MSI(1462 277C) 13% 32% ± 2%
Asus(1043 047E) 11% 32% ± 3%
XFX(1682 3003) 10% 31% ± 2%
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation
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XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Black
R9280ATDBD
PwrHis(1787 3000) 8% 31% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 3000) 7% 32% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 5000) 4% 32% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2800) 1% 32% ± 1%
Asus(1043 047C) 0% 32% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 229B) 0% 32% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples653x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples476x
FX-8320AMD  $244Bench 59%, 106,454 samples334x
GPU
R9 280AMD  $185Bench 32%, 42,793 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $20Bench 66%, 424,288 samples62x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 105%, 762,998 samples61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $39Bench 54%, 339,020 samples60x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples65x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples44x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $424

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 Comments

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

Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
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8,996

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

20 days ago.

TUR-User
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5,160

Good

11 days ago.

one of the best price/perfomance cards in the market

NLD-User
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3,244

Average

4 years 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.

HUN-User
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3,135

Excellent

22 months ago.

Used it for 5 years, broke down after that, but it was a good card

SWE-User
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2,558

Good

23 months ago.

i have one and its a verry bad card

NOR-User
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2,128

Good

15 months 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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1,550

Excellent

2 months ago.

best video card for this price

RavenBailiff
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316

Average

3 years ago.

The definition of a average card.

staffydog33
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6

Excellent

2 years ago.

AWESOME! CHEAP! FAST! QUIET!

Ghost_Supreme
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2

Excellent

3 years 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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