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R9 280X

Average Bench: 39.1% (102nd of 652)

Based on 80,973 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280X, AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
Poor: 35%Average: 39.1% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280X averaged 60.8% 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) 48.8fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 51.1fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280X is just 8.16%. 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) 35.9fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 62.6fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 80,973 samples)
Rank 10239.1%
Min Avg Max
42.4 Lighting 48.8 54.2
27.3 Reflection 35.9 40.6
53.4 Parallax 62.6 70.1
39.5% 49.1 fps
Min Avg Max
29.4 MRender 32.7 35.7
45 Gravity 51.1 55.8
23.2 Splatting 25.6 28
38.7% 36.5 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 3001)
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.7.2
42.8% Average
Lighting 53.6
Reflection 40.3
Parallax 68.5
43% 54.1 fps
MRender 35.5
Gravity 55.8
Splatting 28
42% 39.8 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
41.2% Average
Lighting 51.7
Reflection 39.1
Parallax 66.1
42% 52.3 fps
MRender 34.3
Gravity 53.4
Splatting 27
40% 38.2 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7
40.1% Average
Lighting 51.6
Reflection 39
Parallax 65.7
42% 52.1 fps
MRender 34
Gravity 50.1
Splatting 26.7
38% 36.9 fps
Sapphire(174B E208) 3GB
CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.12.1
36.6% Below average
Lighting 45.7
Reflection 35.1
Parallax 58.3
37% 46.4 fps
MRender 30.7
Gravity 47.7
Splatting 24
36% 34.1 fps
XFX(1682 3214) 3GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
36.4% Below average
Lighting 40.8
Reflection 36.8
Parallax 65.7
33% 47.8 fps
MRender 33.9
Gravity 53.3
Splatting 26.6
40% 37.9 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 38,594,430 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 80,973 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $230 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B 3001) 25% 40% ± 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 $50016 months
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 10% 41% ± 2%
Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3
GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3
XFX(1682 3001) 9% 38% ± 4%
Asus(1043 3006) 8% 41% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2775) 8% 39% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 5% 41% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 4% 37% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 4% 39% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 4% 39% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 36% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 34% ± 5%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 36% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3004) 1% 39% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 36% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0448) 1% 39% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3211) 1% 38% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 1% 37% ± 3%
Asus(1043 0446) 1% 36% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 1% 42% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E208) 1% 38% ± 3%
MSI(1462 2774) 1% 40% ± 1%
Asus(1043 3003) 1% 42% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3214) 1% 29% ± 8%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 42% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0418) 1% 36% ± 0%
Asus(1043 044C) 1% 42% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0444) 1% 39% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2278) 0% 36% ± 3%
Asus(1043 3001) 0% 42% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2770) 0% 39% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 0% 37% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3213) 0% 39% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2777) 0% 41% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3002) 0% 39% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2776) 0% 39% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B E210) 0% 36% ± 0%
Device(1545 7970) 0% 35% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0420) 0% 39% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3210) 0% 34% ± 0%
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Gaming 30%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 26%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 66%, 275,971 samples3,012x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 61%, 188,098 samples2,168x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 63%, 98,447 samples1,435x
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R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 39%, 80,973 samples1x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $66Bench 55%, 257,819 samples299x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples296x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 67%, 246,101 samples267x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 95,122 samples278x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 60,144 samples275x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 57,006 samples181x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 29% - Poor Total price: $785

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,531

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 6 years ago.
USA-User
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7,364

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

13 days ago.

GBR-User
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4,634

Liked

1 month ago.

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
4,595

Average

4 days ago.

I used it for 7 years and it is still fine to play.. its clear that there are better ones but if u want to play simple games - its worth and lifes very long

CAN-User
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3,864

Excellent

10 days ago.

Amazing card in 2021, can be found for 40 Canadian or under. Performs better price to performance wise than any other card in the market hands down and will run anything at 1080p. The 280x performs better than a 1050 ti for a third of the price. Just make sure to avoid the blower style cards as they get hot.

Comment 

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

FRA-User
Avatar level
3,693

Excellent

4 months ago.

Best card ever produced by AMD ( HD 7970 GHz )

POL-User
Avatar level
3,572

Good

27 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
3,494

Poor

19 months ago.

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

AUS-User
Avatar level
3,060

Good

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
2,695

Excellent

5 months ago.

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

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,694

Good

8 months ago.

Have it for about 6 years now and still running many games on highest settings!

SRB-User
Avatar level
2,228

Good

4 months ago.

No its not just a HD 7970 with new bios. Almost but better. Legendary card

PRT-User
Avatar level
2,136

Average

7 months ago.

Good value for 2017 but not for 2020 : ps: Its best for the price than a 1030

DZA-User
Avatar level
1,874

Excellent

1 month ago.

It's Actually The Best Graphics Card For Playing Games, I Use It In My Gaming Computer Because I Heard that it is the best cheap graphics card.

MKD-User
Avatar level
1,016

Good

10 months ago.

having the tri-x vapor-x version its very good, only problem i have is the noise

SYC-User
Avatar level
1,000

Good

7 months ago.

Still playin with this and i7-975 at my cabin during summertime

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Terrible

3 years ago.

low & very high price

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
310

Average

19 months ago.

Still a pretty good card.

Antimat
Avatar level
42

Average

16 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
12

Poor

18 months ago.

It died on me after 3 years!

MCForTheBench
Avatar level
4

Excellent

18 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

21 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.

r3uben
Avatar level
2

Excellent

30 days ago.

Old but gold

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