TEST
YOUR GPU
ADD TO PC
BUILD

AMD

R9 280X

VS

Average Bench: 46.3% (73rd of 613)

Based on 56,576 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280X, AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
Poor: 36%Average: 46.3% Great: 52%

Popular builds with this GPU

Below average average bench

The AMD R9 280X averaged 53.6% 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) 137fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 147fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280X is just 15.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 280X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 83.4fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 64.5fps
ADVERTISEMENT

Average Bench

(Based on 56,576 samples)
Rank 7346.3%
Min Avg Max
55.9 Lighting 137 160
70.6 Reflection 83.4 92.5
148 Parallax 195 223
48.8% 138 fps
Min Avg Max
56.6 MRender 64.5 70.7
122 Gravity 147 164
79.1 Splatting 92.2 102
44.5% 101 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 3001)
CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1575 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.6.2
54.2% Above average
Lighting 168
Reflection 96.3
Parallax 222
58% 162 fps
MRender 73.5
Gravity 172
Splatting 106
52% 117 fps
Asus(1043 0442) 3GB
CLim: 1125 MHz, MLim: 1575 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.5.2
53.2% Above average
Lighting 164
Reflection 94.2
Parallax 220
57% 159 fps
MRender 72.1
Gravity 168
Splatting 104
50% 115 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3001)
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.5.2
51.4% Above average
Lighting 158
Reflection 92.1
Parallax 211
55% 154 fps
MRender 69.6
Gravity 163
Splatting 101
49% 111 fps
56,576 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 11 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 138 fps Fortnite: 58 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 40 fps League of Legends: 123 fps Overwatch: 70 fps Battlefield 1: 49 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 39 fps DOTA 2: 106 fps World of Warcraft: 41 fps World of Tanks: 59 fps Minecraft: 103 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,765,161 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 56,576 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $230 @ launch in Oct '13)
Hide stale prices
Sapphire(174B 3001) 28% 47% ± 5%
Sapphire R9 280X 3GB Dual-X OC
11221-00-20G
Sapphire R9 280X 3GB VAPOR-X
11221-20-20G
Sapphire R9 280X 3GB TOXIC
11221-01-40G
AmazonUS $2102 years
XFX(1682 3001) 12% 46% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 10% 50% ± 4%
Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3
GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3
Asus(1043 3006) 8% 47% ± 6%
MSI(1462 2775) 8% 45% ± 7%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 5% 45% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 4% 46% ± 5%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 4% 46% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3% 44% ± 7%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 42% ± 4%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 41% ± 9%
XFX(1682 3214) 2% 47% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 2% 49% ± 5%
XFX(1682 3211) 1% 46% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3004) 1% 47% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 48% ± 4%
MSI(1462 2774) 1% 47% ± 3%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 44% ± 4%
Asus(1043 0448) 1% 47% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0446) 1% 42% ± 3%
Sapphire(174B E208) 1% 44% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 1% 42% ± 3%
MSI(1462 2770) 1% 44% ± 8%
MSI(1462 2780) 0% 25% ± 35%
XFX(1682 3213) 0% 45% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2777) 0% 48% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3003) 0% 50% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3002) 0% 48% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3001) 0% 51% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0418) 0% 44% ± 0%
Device(1545 7970) 0% 43% ± 0%
Asus(1043 044C) 0% 51% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0420) 0% 47% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3210) 0% 42% ± 0%
Send price feedback
Custom PC Builder (Start a new build) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money.

CHOOSE A COMPONENT:

CPU GPU SSD HDD RAM MBD
Typical R9 280X Builds (Compare 21,406 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $71Bench 55%, 195,379 samples6,500x
FX-6300AMD  $60Bench 46%, 144,531 samples5,117x
FX-8320AMD  $95Bench 50%, 73,509 samples3,311x
GPU
R9 280XAMD  $210Bench 46%, 56,576 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $101Bench 105%, 437,578 samples1,059x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 54%, 178,215 samples978x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 113%, 360,199 samples472x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 43,790 samples759x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 48,397 samples675x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 43,390 samples518x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $470

Popular R9 280X compatible motherboards:

How Fast Is Your GPU? (Bench your build) Size up your PC in less than a minute.

Welcome to our freeware PC speed test tool. UserBenchmark will test your PC and compare the results to other users with the same components. You can quickly size up your PC, identify hardware problems and explore the best upgrades.

UserBenchmark of the month

Gaming Desktop Workstation

How it works

  • - Download and run UserBenchMark.
  • - CPU tests include: integer, floating and string.
  • - GPU tests include: six 3D game simulations.
  • - Drive tests include: read, write, sustained write and mixed IO.
  • - RAM tests include: single/multi core bandwidth and latency.
  • - Reports are generated and presented on userbenchmark.com.
  • - Identify the strongest components in your PC.
  • - See speed test results from other users.
  • - Compare your components to the current market leaders.
  • - Explore your best upgrade options with a virtual PC build.
  • - Compare your in-game FPS to other users with your hardware.
  • - Share your opinion by voting.
Graphics Card Rankings (Price vs Performance) June 2019 GPU Rankings.

We calculate effective 3D speed which estimates gaming performance for the top 12 games. Effective speed is adjusted by current prices to yield value for money. Our figures are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top GPUs. [GPUPro]

ADVERTISEMENT

Group Test Results

  • Best user rated - User sentiment trumps benchmarks for this comparison.
  • Best value for money - Value for money is based on real world performance.
  • Fastest real world speed - Real World Speed measures performance for typical consumers.

 Comments

GPUPro
Avatar level
948

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
5,290

Good (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

mine works well for even newer games

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,445

Excellent

3 months ago.

Better colour, better brilliance. MY R 9280X crashed after years. Have now the GTX 1060, 6GB but it has not the quality of the Radeon.

GBR-User
Avatar level
3,394

Excellent

18 days ago.

Its held up great over the years, even now in 2018 it can still play the latest games at medium-high at 1080p. Great budget card!

Comment 

I have Sapphire R9 280X Toxic Edition. Factory Overclocked and better performance than the standard 280X. Not as widely available and cost upwards of £200, performance is more in line with the R9 290 reference card, at times exceeding it.—May '15

RUS-User
Avatar level
3,280

Excellent

30 days ago.

perfect since 2013.....

TUR-User
Avatar level
3,230

Excellent

9 days ago.

My card failed itself -- vertical gray lines and windows crashes after Welcome screen, only opens in safe mod with horizontal colored lines on the screen everywhere. It was a good card for its time but now it is outdated and new drivers are making it worse and worse everyday.

CAN-User
Avatar level
2,882

Excellent

1 month ago.

Comment 

Good card but not much better than my 6970—Feb '15

FRA-User
Avatar level
2,811

Excellent

4 months ago.

Best card ever produced by AMD ( HD 7970 GHz )

BRA-User
Avatar level
2,769

Good

2 months ago.

You guys should put the Tri-x R9 280x, i have one, anexo it's a very good GPU

POL-User
Avatar level
2,756

Good

2 months ago.

Used this GPU for a long time. Cheap and works with everything at minimum 40fps on max graphics. Only downside is the 3GB of VRAM a little lacking when playing modern ish games like GTA5.

IND-User
Avatar level
2,444

Good

14 months ago.

bcoz i bought r9 280x in 5k second hand and its comparable to 1050 ti

HUN-User
Avatar level
2,111

Good

1 month ago.

after 4 years of use still rocks :D but kinda warm :(

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,046

Excellent

2 months ago.

It really depends on what your playing. I mean this guy is still great for playing DOOM (vulkan API) on high settings.

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,694

Excellent

9 months ago.

Bought it cheap in 2013 and it is still running like a champ!

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

21 months ago.

low & very high price

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
214

Average

19 days ago.

Still a pretty good card.

CattyC
Avatar level
2

Excellent

2 months ago.

Great graphics card that can still run games at 1080p. I plan on building a new PC soon but this one served me well for years.

Your
opinion?
▲Like ▼Dislike
Ready to retire
Age: 5 years

Speed Comparisons

vs Nvidia GTX 1070
vs Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB
vs Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti
vs Nvidia GTX 1080
vs AMD RX 480
vs AMD RX 580
vs Nvidia GTX 980 Ti
vs Nvidia GTX 970
vs AMD RX 470

613 Graphics Cards (Compared) Thousands of user benchmarks compiled into one comparison list.

See how consistently different GPUs perform with varying real world conditions. The charts also illustrate overall performance, popularity and rank.

 Frequently Asked Questions

Computer Components FAQ
What is the UBM value for money rating?
What is UBM Effective Speed?
Thunderbolt speed?
Are USB 3.0 cables different?
Graphics Cards
How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs?
What are the UBM DX11 GPU tests?
What are the UBM DX10 GPU tests?
What are the UBM DX09 GPU tests?
What is the Splatting GPU benchmark?
What is the Gravity (NBody) GPU benchmark?
What is the MRender GPU benchmark?
What is the parallax (POM) GPU benchmark?
What is the reflection (HDR) GPU benchmark?
What is the lighting (LDPRT) benchmark?
What is the GPU value for money rating?
What is the effective GPU speed index?
ALL FAQs »

 Best User Rated
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350Nvidia GTX 1070 $335Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $101
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $144Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $280Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $646SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12
Today's hottest
Amazon Ebay Newegg
deals
CPU GPU SSD HDD USB RAM MBD
Test your PC Build a PC
Can You Run It?
User Guide  •  About  •  FAQs  •  Email  •  Privacy  •  Developer Feedback