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R9 280X

Average Bench: 37% (80th of 621)

Based on 63,589 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280X, AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
Poor: 30%Average: 37% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280X averaged 62.9% 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) 141fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 149fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280X is just 11.5%. 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) 84.7fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 65.2fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 63,589 samples)
Rank 8037%
Min Avg Max
113 Lighting 141 162
72.4 Reflection 84.7 94.2
167 Parallax 198 223
38.9% 141 fps
Min Avg Max
57.2 MRender 65.2 71.2
127 Gravity 149 165
80.5 Splatting 93.3 103
34.6% 102 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.10.1
41.8% Average
Lighting 183
Reflection 84
Parallax 194
48% 154 fps
MRender 64.4
Gravity 147
Splatting 89.3
34% 100 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.9.3
37.3% Below average
Lighting 145
Reflection 83.7
Parallax 195
40% 141 fps
MRender 65.1
Gravity 147
Splatting 92.4
34% 102 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.3.2
37.2% Below average
Lighting 144
Reflection 82.8
Parallax 192
40% 140 fps
MRender 64.5
Gravity 149
Splatting 91.9
34% 102 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,847,510 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 63,589 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $230 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B 3001) 24% 37% ± 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 $50025 days
XFX(1682 3001) 11% 37% ± 4%
Asus(1043 3006) 9% 39% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2775) 8% 37% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 8% 39% ± 4%
Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3
GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 6% 36% ± 3%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 4% 37% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 4% 35% ± 6%
AMD(1002 0B00) 3% 34% ± 3%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 2% 37% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B E208) 2% 36% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 32% ± 5%
MSI(1462 2774) 2% 39% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3214) 1% 38% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3211) 1% 36% ± 2%
Asus(1043 044C) 1% 39% ± 6%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 1% 40% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 34% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 1% 35% ± 4%
Asus(1043 3004) 1% 37% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 34% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0448) 1% 36% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3003) 1% 39% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 1% 40% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3213) 0% 37% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2780) 0% 37% ± 3%
MSI(1462 2776) 0% 36% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0418) 0% 34% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2770) 0% 38% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0444) 0% 37% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2777) 0% 35% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2279) 0% 37% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3002) 0% 37% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 38% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3210) 0% 35% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0446) 0% 34% ± 0%
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Gaming 33%
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Desktop 50%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $96

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $99Bench 48%, 220,708 samples7,376x
FX-6300AMD  $68Bench 39%, 158,351 samples5,713x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 43%, 78,184 samples3,726x
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R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 37%, 63,589 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $57Bench 106%, 497,964 samples1,136x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $70Bench 53%, 192,191 samples1,079x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 113%, 417,557 samples527x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 48,442 samples837x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 57,098 samples753x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 45,281 samples591x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 25% - Poor Total price: $753

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 Comments

GPUPro
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973

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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5,652

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 days ago.

mine works well for even newer games

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,673

Excellent

19 days ago.

geil

GBR-User
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3,664

Good

3 months 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

TUR-User
Avatar level
3,426

Good

3 months 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
3,056

Liked

2 months ago.

Comment 

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

FRA-User
Avatar level
3,005

Excellent

7 months ago.

Best card ever produced by AMD ( HD 7970 GHz )

BRA-User
Avatar level
2,975

Good

6 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
2,900

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
2,634

Poor

3 months ago.

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

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,460

Excellent

2 months ago.

Card has remained supported and compfurtably powerfull enough to still run modern titles at reasonable frames. Great purchase to have made when the came out!

HUN-User
Avatar level
2,239

Good

5 months ago.

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

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,194

Good

1 month 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
1,818

Excellent

12 months ago.

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

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

2 years ago.

low & very high price

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
228

Average

4 months ago.

Still a pretty good card.

Antimat
Avatar level
40

Average

1 month ago.

Very good GPU..... But 1 bad thing is here... Is "old" 7970 with new BIOS ..... Yes,7000 series will be great bud new generation should be new,no "recycled"

Hafi
Avatar level
6

Poor

3 months ago.

It died on me after 3 years!

MCForTheBench
Avatar level
4

Excellent

3 months ago.

Even though it was released in 2013 it can still be used to play most modern games at acceptable framerates. 10/10 would buy it again.

CattyC
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 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.

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