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R9 280X

Average Bench: 35.1% (158th of 714)

Based on 94,130 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280X, AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
Poor: 31%Average: 35.1% Great: 39%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280X averaged 64.8% 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) 47.8fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 48.9fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280X is just 7.55%. 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) 34.6fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 59.5fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 94,130 samples)
Rank 15835.1%
Min Avg Max
41.9 Lighting 47.8 52.7
20.1 Reflection 34.6 39.9
51.4 Parallax 59.5 67.5
39% 47.3 fps
Min Avg Max
27.5 MRender 31.3 35.1
42.5 Gravity 48.9 55
21.3 Splatting 24.6 27.7
27.7% 34.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
40.1% Average
Lighting 53.8
Reflection 41.7
Parallax 70.2
44% 55.2 fps
MRender 36.9
Gravity 57.9
Splatting 29
33% 41.3 fps
XFX(1682 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
37.9% Below average
Lighting 50.9
Reflection 39.5
Parallax 66.6
42% 52.3 fps
MRender 34.8
Gravity 54.5
Splatting 27.3
31% 38.9 fps
Asus(1043 3006) 3GB
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
37.8% Below average
Lighting 50.9
Reflection 39.4
Parallax 65.9
42% 52.1 fps
MRender 34.6
Gravity 54
Splatting 27.1
31% 38.6 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
37.7% Below average
Lighting 50.9
Reflection 38.7
Parallax 65.4
42% 51.7 fps
MRender 34.2
Gravity 53.7
Splatting 27
30% 38.3 fps
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
34.5% Below average
Lighting 46.4
Reflection 35.6
Parallax 59.9
38% 47.3 fps
MRender 31.5
Gravity 49.6
Splatting 25.2
28% 35.4 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $230 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B 3001) 24% 36% ± 2%
Sapphire R9 280X 3GB Dual-X OC
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Sapphire R9 280X 3GB VAPOR-X
11221-20-20G
Sapphire R9 280X 3GB TOXIC
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AmazonUS $5004 years
XFX(1682 3001) 16% 34% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 8% 37% ± 2%
Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3
GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3
Asus(1043 3006) 8% 36% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 6% 35% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2775) 6% 35% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 5% 34% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 4% 34% ± 3%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 4% 33% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2774) 2% 36% ± 1%
Asus(1043 3004) 2% 33% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 33% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0448) 2% 35% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E208) 1% 33% ± 1%
Asus(1043 044C) 1% 38% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 32% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 1% 37% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3214) 1% 33% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3211) 1% 35% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B00) 1% 33% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 1% 37% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 32% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 1% 34% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3003) 1% 37% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0444) 1% 35% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0446) 1% 34% ± 3%
XFX(1682 3213) 0% 34% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3005) 0% 34% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2780) 0% 38% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 35% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0418) 0% 33% ± 0%
Asus(1043 044A) 0% 26% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2770) 0% 35% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0420) 0% 35% ± 0%
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Gaming 26%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 22%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples865x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples644x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples437x
GPU
R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples85x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples83x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples77x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 28% - Poor Total price: $799

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GPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

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USA-User
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9,832

Good (edit your comment) Add link

15 months ago.

userbenchmark are great - they cut clean through marketing BS

GBR-User
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5,780

Disliked

13 months 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
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5,743

Good

9 months 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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4,956

Excellent

10 months 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

IND-User
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4,770

Good

23 months ago.

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

POL-User
Avatar level
4,564

Good

20 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.

AUS-User
Avatar level
3,948

Good

23 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!

NLD-User
Avatar level
3,510

Good

8 months ago.

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

HUN-User
Avatar level
3,395

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

PRT-User
Avatar level
2,636

Average

3 years ago.

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

BIH-User
Avatar level
1,712

Poor

2 years ago.

Overheating radiator FPS 40 AVG

SYC-User
Avatar level
1,500

Excellent

21 months ago.

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

MKD-User
Avatar level
1,302

Good

4 years ago.

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

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
314

Average

4 years ago.

Still a pretty good card.

Antimat
Avatar level
42

Average

4 years 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"

MCForTheBench
Avatar level
4

Excellent

4 years 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

5 years 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

3 years ago.

Old but gold

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