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R9 280X

Average Bench: 37.9% (81st of 627)

Based on 68,002 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280X, AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
Poor: 33%Average: 37.9% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280X averaged 62.1% 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

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280X is just 8.54%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 280X performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 84fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 197fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 68,002 samples)
Rank 8137.9%
Min Avg Max
119 Lighting 141 160
72.3 Reflection 84 92.4
170 Parallax 197 222
37.1% 141 fps
Min Avg Max
57.4 MRender 65 70.7
130 Gravity 149 164
81.6 Splatting 93.2 101
38.1% 102 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 3006) 3GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.2
41.6% Average
Lighting 160
Reflection 92
Parallax 214
42% 155 fps
MRender 71.2
Gravity 164
Splatting 102
42% 112 fps
Asus(1043 3006) 3GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1660 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.2
40.5% Average
Lighting 157
Reflection 90.5
Parallax 201
41% 150 fps
MRender 68.8
Gravity 160
Splatting 99.1
41% 109 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1554 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.1
32.2% Below average
Lighting 122
Reflection 72.2
Parallax 191
32% 128 fps
MRender 55.3
Gravity 127
Splatting 78
32% 86.7 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 22,407,234 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 68,002 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $230 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B 3001) 27% 38% ± 3%
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 $5002 months
Asus(1043 3006) 10% 40% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3001) 10% 37% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 9% 40% ± 1%
Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3
GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3
MSI(1462 2775) 9% 38% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 7% 36% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 3% 38% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3% 37% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 3% 38% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 34% ± 1%
Asus(1043 3004) 2% 38% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E208) 2% 36% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 34% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0446) 1% 34% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3214) 1% 37% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3211) 1% 37% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 1% 36% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2774) 1% 39% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 34% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0448) 1% 37% ± 1%
Asus(1043 3001) 1% 41% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 1% 38% ± 4%
MSI(1462 2780) 1% 40% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0418) 1% 35% ± 0%
Asus(1043 044C) 1% 39% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3213) 0% 37% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B00) 0% 35% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 0% 41% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3210) 0% 38% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 2278) 0% 38% ± 0%
AMD(1002 3001) 0% 37% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3003) 0% 40% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2777) 0% 40% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2279) 0% 38% ± 0%
Asus(1043 044A) 0% 38% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2770) 0% 36% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0444) 0% 38% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0420) 0% 37% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop 49%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $96

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 49%, 247,167 samples7,829x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 42%, 174,825 samples6,017x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 44%, 91,262 samples3,920x
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R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 38%, 68,002 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples1,197x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples1,130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 113%, 414,632 samples559x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 51,864 samples879x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 60%, 55,333 samples803x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 50,130 samples614x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 26% - Poor Total price: $781

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 Comments

GPUPro
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986

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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5,980

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 month ago.

mine works well for even newer games

GBR-User
Avatar level
3,792

Excellent

12 days ago.

its not only powerful but in terms of gaming its nearly similar to the gtx 1050

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

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,779

Good

10 days ago.

Why not

CAN-User
Avatar level
3,166

Liked

4 months ago.

Comment 

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

FRA-User
Avatar level
3,109

Excellent

9 months ago.

Best card ever produced by AMD ( HD 7970 GHz )

BRA-User
Avatar level
3,059

Good

8 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
2,986

Good

10 days 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
2,720

Poor

5 months ago.

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

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,528

Excellent

4 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
2,285

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,246

Good

3 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
1,862

Excellent

14 months ago.

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

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low & very high price

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
260

Average

6 months ago.

Still a pretty good card.

Antimat
Avatar level
40

Average

2 months 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

5 months ago.

It died on me after 3 years!

MCForTheBench
Avatar level
4

Excellent

5 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

7 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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