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R9 280

Average Bench: 33% (120th of 661)

Based on 34,607 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 679A Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280
Poor: 29%Average: 33% Great: 36%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280 averaged 67.0% 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) 41.8fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 41.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280 is just 7.03%. 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) 33.5fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 53.1fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,607 samples)
Rank 12033%
Min Avg Max
36.4 Lighting 41.8 47.2
25.8 Reflection 33.5 39
46.7 Parallax 53.1 59.8
33.8% 42.8 fps
Min Avg Max
27.5 MRender 30.8 34.3
36.8 Gravity 41.5 44.7
21.5 Splatting 24.2 27.1
32% 32.2 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B A003)
CLim: 1132 MHz, MLim: 1503 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.3.1
39% Below average
Lighting 48.6
Reflection 40.9
Parallax 63.7
39% 51.1 fps
MRender 36.1
Gravity 50.2
Splatting 28.6
39% 38.3 fps
Asus(1043 047E) 3GB
CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.2.2
34.1% Below average
Lighting 43
Reflection 19.2
Parallax 55.4
35% 39.2 fps
MRender 31.6
Gravity 43.4
Splatting 24.7
33% 33.2 fps
Asus(1043 0482) 3GB
CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.3.2
33.5% Below average
Lighting 41.8
Reflection 35.4
Parallax 54.8
34% 44 fps
MRender 31.3
Gravity 43.1
Splatting 24.6
33% 33 fps
Sapphire(174B A003)
CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
32.5% Below average
Lighting 40.8
Reflection 19.2
Parallax 52.3
33% 37.4 fps
MRender 30.1
Gravity 41.5
Splatting 23.7
32% 31.8 fps
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB
CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.3.2
28.4% Poor
Lighting 32.5
Reflection 25.7
Parallax 51.4
26% 36.5 fps
MRender 18.5
Gravity 41.9
Splatting 24.9
31% 28.4 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 41,795,651 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) 34% 32% ± 2%
Sapphire R9 280 3GB Dual-X
11230-00-20G
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 13% 35% ± 2%
MSI(1462 277C) 13% 33% ± 2%
Asus(1043 047E) 11% 33% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3003) 8% 33% ± 2%
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation
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XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Black
R9280ATDBD
PowerColor(148C 3000) 7% 33% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 7% 31% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 5000) 4% 33% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2800) 1% 32% ± 4%
Asus(1043 047C) 1% 32% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0482) 0% 34% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 229B) 0% 32% ± 0%
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Typical R9 280 Builds (Compare 11,030 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 26%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 66%, 300,263 samples3,439x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 60%, 230,102 samples2,515x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 64%, 100,317 samples1,658x
GPU
R9 280AMD  $185Bench 33%, 34,607 samples1x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $66Bench 54%, 290,857 samples347x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $68Bench 107%, 556,834 samples342x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 68%, 291,555 samples320x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 84,881 samples345x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 67,667 samples309x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 63,678 samples199x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $470

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GPUPro
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USA-User
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7,718

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

23 days ago.

horrible design and trash even 380 looks bad

TUR-User
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4,590

Excellent

2 month ago.

one of the best price/perfomance cards in the market

NLD-User
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2,800

Average

2 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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2,765

Excellent

2 months ago.

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

SWE-User
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2,266

Good

3 months ago.

i have one and its a verry bad card

NOR-User
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1,774

Excellent

3 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

3 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

RavenBailiff
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314

Average

22 months ago.

The definition of a average card.

staffydog33
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6

Excellent

10 months ago.

AWESOME! CHEAP! FAST! QUIET!

Ghost_Supreme
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2

Excellent

2 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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