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R9 280X

Average Bench: 38.4% (88th of 639)

Based on 73,226 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280X, AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
Poor: 35%Average: 38.4% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280X averaged 61.6% 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) 140fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 151fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280X is just 7.19%. 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) 83.9fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 196fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 73,226 samples)
Rank 8838.4%
Min Avg Max
70 Lighting 140 160
74.4 Reflection 83.9 92.6
174 Parallax 196 222
36.7% 140 fps
Min Avg Max
59.2 MRender 65.4 71
136 Gravity 151 165
84.5 Splatting 93.7 102
38.6% 104 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B 3001)
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2
40.3% Average
Lighting 154
Reflection 88.7
Parallax 198
40% 147 fps
MRender 68.4
Gravity 159
Splatting 98.5
40% 108 fps
XFX(1682 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2
38.2% Below average
Lighting 145
Reflection 83.7
Parallax 192
38% 140 fps
MRender 65.4
Gravity 150
Splatting 92.9
38% 103 fps
Asus(1043 3004) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
38.2% Below average
Lighting 146
Reflection 84.4
Parallax 197
38% 143 fps
MRender 65.4
Gravity 150
Splatting 92.6
38% 103 fps
XFX(1682 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2
37.9% Below average
Lighting 146
Reflection 84.2
Parallax 195
38% 142 fps
MRender 64.2
Gravity 149
Splatting 92.1
38% 102 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3001)
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
37.4% Below average
Lighting 142
Reflection 81.9
Parallax 188
37% 137 fps
MRender 63
Gravity 148
Splatting 91.8
38% 101 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 28,718,744 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 73,226 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $230 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B 3001) 28% 39% ± 2%
Sapphire R9 280X 3GB Dual-X OC
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Sapphire R9 280X 3GB VAPOR-X
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Sapphire R9 280X 3GB TOXIC
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AmazonUS $5008 months
XFX(1682 3001) 11% 38% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2775) 9% 38% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3006) 8% 40% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 7% 41% ± 2%
Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3
GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3
Sapphire(174B 3000) 5% 35% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 4% 39% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 4% 38% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3% 38% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3% 41% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 35% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 2% 35% ± 2%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 36% ± 3%
XFX(1682 3211) 2% 38% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0448) 1% 37% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3214) 1% 38% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3001) 1% 42% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 37% ± 4%
MSI(1462 2774) 1% 37% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B E208) 1% 38% ± 3%
Asus(1043 3004) 1% 36% ± 3%
Asus(1043 3003) 1% 41% ± 1%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 39% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0418) 1% 38% ± 4%
Asus(1043 044C) 1% 41% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 35% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3213) 0% 38% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2777) 0% 38% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 0% 40% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0446) 0% 35% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 254F) 0% 35% ± 0%
Asus(1043 041C) 0% 33% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2770) 0% 38% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0420) 0% 37% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3210) 0% 35% ± 0%
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Gaming 40%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $96

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 67%, 249,332 samples9,334x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 62%, 182,869 samples7,143x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 64%, 86,380 samples4,669x
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R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 38%, 73,226 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 104%, 662,032 samples1,363x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 53%, 255,987 samples1,317x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 469,351 samples645x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 56,549 samples1,036x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 66,226 samples946x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 50%, 31,500 samples723x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 30% - Poor Total price: $801

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GPUPro
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1,494

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 6 years ago.
USA-User
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6,534

Good (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

mine works well for even newer games

GBR-User
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4,206

Excellent

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

CAN-User
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3,456

Liked

10 months ago.

Comment 

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

FRA-User
Avatar level
3,385

Good

4 months ago.

Best card ever produced by AMD ( HD 7970 GHz )

POL-User
Avatar level
3,268

Excellent

1 month 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
3,010

Poor

11 months ago.

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

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,770

Good

14 days 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
2,451

Excellent

7 months ago.

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

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,434

Good

23 days ago.

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

SRB-User
Avatar level
2,026

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,982

Excellent

20 months ago.

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

MKD-User
Avatar level
910

Good

2 months ago.

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

SYC-User
Avatar level
818

Good

5 days ago.

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

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low & very high price

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
290

Average

12 months ago.

Still a pretty good card.

Antimat
Avatar level
42

Average

8 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

10 months ago.

It died on me after 3 years!

MCForTheBench
Avatar level
4

Excellent

10 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

13 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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