AMD

R9 280X

▲ R9 280X
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CSGO: 137 Fps

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 39 Fps

Average Bench: 35.1% (159^th of 715)

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

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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

Average Bench

(Based on 94,130 samples)

Rank 15935.1%

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

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The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

LVA-User, 5 days ago.R9 280X

Sapphire(174B 3001)

CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20

38.8% Below average

Lighting 52.4

Reflection 39.9

Parallax 67.2

43% 53.2 fps

MRender 35.4

Gravity 55.3

Splatting 27.8

31% 39.5 fps

DEU-User, 4 days ago.R9 280X

MSI(1462 2774) 3GB

CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02

37.6% Below average

Lighting 51.2

Reflection 37.6

Parallax 64.4

42% 51.1 fps

MRender 33.4

Gravity 52.1

Splatting 26.5

30% 37.3 fps

IDN-User, 3 days ago.R9 280X

Gigabyte(1458 3001)

CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1

36.8% Below average

Lighting 48.9

Reflection 39.6

Parallax 65.6

40% 51.4 fps

MRender 34.7

Gravity 54.8

Splatting 27.6

31% 39 fps

ZAF-User, 1 day ago.R9 280X

MSI(1462 2775) 3GB

CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1

35.5% Below average

Lighting 47.6

Reflection 37.4

Parallax 62.6

39% 49.2 fps

MRender 32.9

Gravity 51.4

Splatting 25.8

29% 36.7 fps

FRA-User, 2 days ago.R9 280X

Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB

CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1

35.2% Below average

Lighting 47.4

Reflection 21.5

Parallax 61.7

39% 43.5 fps

MRender 32.5

Gravity 50.6

Splatting 25.4

29% 36.2 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

11221-00-20G

Sapphire R9 280X 3GB VAPOR-X

11221-20-20G

Sapphire R9 280X 3GB TOXIC

11221-01-40G

$5004 years

XFX(1682 3001)

16%

34% ± 3%

Gigabyte(1458 3001)

37% ± 2%

Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE OC REV3

GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3

Asus(1043 3006)

36% ± 2%

Gigabyte(1458 254D)

35% ± 1%

MSI(1462 2775)

35% ± 1%

PwrHis(1787 3001)

34% ± 2%

PowerColor(148C 3001)

34% ± 3%

Sapphire(174B 3000)

33% ± 1%

MSI(1462 2774)

36% ± 1%

Asus(1043 3004)

33% ± 2%

XFX(1682 3212)

33% ± 1%

Asus(1043 0448)

35% ± 1%

Sapphire(174B E208)

33% ± 1%

Asus(1043 044C)

38% ± 2%

Asus(1043 0442)

32% ± 0%

Gigabyte(1458 2261)

37% ± 1%

XFX(1682 3214)

33% ± 2%

XFX(1682 3211)

35% ± 1%

AMD(1002 0B00)

33% ± 0%

PwrHis(1787 3000)

37% ± 1%

PwrHis(1787 201C)

32% ± 1%

PwrHis(1787 2317)

34% ± 2%

Asus(1043 3003)

37% ± 1%

Asus(1043 0444)

35% ± 1%

Asus(1043 0446)

34% ± 3%

XFX(1682 3213)

34% ± 2%

Asus(1043 3005)

34% ± 0%

MSI(1462 2780)

38% ± 0%

Device(0000 0000)

35% ± 0%

Asus(1043 0418)

33% ± 0%

Asus(1043 044A)

26% ± 0%

MSI(1462 2770)

35% ± 0%

Asus(1043 0420)

35% ± 0%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $127Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	882x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	651x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	444x

GPU
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $34Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	79x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $796

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USA-User

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19 months ago.

userbenchmark are great - they cut clean through marketing BS

GBR-User

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16 months ago.

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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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5,793

Good

13 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

level
5,010

Excellent

14 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.

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

IND-User

level
4,830

Good

2 years ago.

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

POL-User

level
4,616

Good

23 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

level
3,998

Good

2 years 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

level
3,548

Good

11 months ago.

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

HUN-User

level
3,419

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

PRT-User

level
2,676

Average

4 years ago.

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

BIH-User

level
1,720

Poor

3 years ago.

Overheating radiator FPS 40 AVG

SYC-User

level
1,504

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

MKD-User

level
1,318

Good

4 years ago.

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

RavenBailiff

level
314

Average

5 years ago.

Still a pretty good card.

Antimat

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

level
4

Excellent

5 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

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

level
2

Excellent

3 years ago.

Old but gold

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R9 280X

Average Bench: 35.1% (159th of 715)

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