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Average Bench: 37.1% (95th of 621)

Based on 57,372 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280X, AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
Poor: 30%Average: 37.1% Great: 41%

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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) 142fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 148fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280X is just 11.6%. 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) 84.5fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 65.1fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 57,372 samples)
Rank 9537.1%
Min Avg Max
110 Lighting 142 161
72.5 Reflection 84.5 93
167 Parallax 198 224
39.1% 141 fps
Min Avg Max
56.4 MRender 65.1 71
126 Gravity 148 165
80.3 Splatting 93.1 102
34.5% 102 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: 19.5.2
41.3% Average
Lighting 160
Reflection 92.2
Parallax 214
44% 155 fps
MRender 70.6
Gravity 164
Splatting 102
38% 112 fps
Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.8.1
34.9% Below average
Lighting 134
Reflection 77.1
Parallax 190
37% 134 fps
MRender 59.8
Gravity 138
Splatting 85.6
32% 94.5 fps
XFX(1682 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.6.2
28.4% Poor
Lighting 96.3
Reflection 82.4
Parallax 201
30% 127 fps
MRender 62.6
Gravity 99.2
Splatting 91.3
27% 84.4 fps
57,372 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

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

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 137 fps Fortnite: 60 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 Minecraft: 106 fps World of Warcraft: 41 fps World of Tanks: 58 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,345,343 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 57,372 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $230 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B 3001) 25% 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 $2102 years
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 11% 40% ± 3%
Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3
GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3
XFX(1682 3001) 9% 36% ± 3%
MSI(1462 2775) 7% 36% ± 5%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 7% 35% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 5% 37% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 5% 37% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3006) 5% 38% ± 4%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 5% 37% ± 4%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 3% 37% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3% 41% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 35% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 34% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3214) 1% 38% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0448) 1% 35% ± 7%
XFX(1682 3211) 1% 38% ± 1%
Asus(1043 3004) 1% 35% ± 4%
Asus(1043 3003) 1% 40% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 35% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 1% 40% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 31% ± 4%
Sapphire(174B E208) 1% 35% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2780) 1% 39% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2774) 1% 34% ± 8%
Asus(1043 3001) 1% 35% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 22B1) 0% 39% ± 3%
Asus(1043 044C) 0% 40% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0444) 0% 37% ± 0%
Device(1545 7970) 0% 34% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2770) 0% 37% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0420) 0% 37% ± 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  $105Bench 48%, 220,017 samples6,944x
FX-6300AMD  $88Bench 39%, 158,317 samples5,420x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 43%, 76,834 samples3,537x
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R9 280XAMD  $210Bench 37%, 57,372 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $86Bench 107%, 469,025 samples1,095x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $54Bench 54%, 198,640 samples1,032x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $102Bench 113%, 390,898 samples498x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 45,476 samples800x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 42,524 samples714x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 47,260 samples559x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 42% - Average Total price: $497

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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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5,508

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

mine works well for even newer games

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,553

Terrible

1 month 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
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3,540

Good

1 month 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
3,350

Good

1 month 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
2,998

Liked

22 days ago.

Comment 

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

FRA-User
Avatar level
2,939

Excellent

5 months ago.

Best card ever produced by AMD ( HD 7970 GHz )

BRA-User
Avatar level
2,887

Good

4 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
2,836

Good

24 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
2,556

Poor

1 month ago.

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

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,422

Excellent

1 month 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
2,177

Good

3 months ago.

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

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,124

Excellent

4 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
1,760

Excellent

11 months ago.

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

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

23 months ago.

low & very high price

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
224

Average

2 months ago.

Still a pretty good card.

Hafi
Avatar level
6

Poor

1 month ago.

It died on me after 3 years!

MCForTheBench
Avatar level
4

Excellent

1 month 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

4 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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