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Radeon R9 280X

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 36.2% (155th of 715)

Based on 102 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Model: AMD Radeon R9 280X
Poor: 32%Average: 36.2% Great: 41%

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Poor average bench

The AMD Radeon R9 280X averaged 63.8% 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) 49fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 50.7fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon R9 280X is just 8.6%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon R9 280X performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 36.9fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 62.3fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 102 samples)
Rank 15536.2%
Min Avg Max
42.1 Lighting 49 54.8
30.4 Reflection 36.9 42.1
53 Parallax 62.3 71.1
39.9% 49.4 fps
Min Avg Max
28.6 MRender 32.9 37
43.3 Gravity 50.7 58.2
21.6 Splatting 25.6 29.2
28.8% 36.4 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1153 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.10.1
40.5% Average
Lighting 54.6
Reflection 42.1
Parallax 71
44% 55.9 fps
MRender 37.2
Gravity 58.2
Splatting 29
33% 41.5 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1153 MHz, MLim: 1461 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.10.1
40.5% Average
Lighting 54.5
Reflection 41.8
Parallax 70.8
44% 55.7 fps
MRender 36.9
Gravity 58.1
Splatting 29
33% 41.3 fps
MSI(1462 2775) 3GB
CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.10.1
40.3% Average
Lighting 54.2
Reflection 41.3
Parallax 70.5
44% 55.3 fps
MRender 37.1
Gravity 58
Splatting 29.1
33% 41.4 fps
Asus(1043 3006) 3GB
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 23.11.1
37.4% Below average
Lighting 50.3
Reflection 39.3
Parallax 65.7
41% 51.8 fps
MRender 34.3
Gravity 53.7
Splatting 27
30% 38.3 fps
MSI(1462 2775) 3GB
CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 23.11.1
35.9% Below average
Lighting 48.2
Reflection 37.7
Parallax 62.9
39% 49.6 fps
MRender 33.1
Gravity 51.5
Splatting 25.9
29% 36.8 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Sapphire(174B 3001) 33% 37% ± 4%
XFX(1682 3001) 24% 35% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 7% 34% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3001) 6% 39% ± 2%
Asus(1043 3006) 5% 36% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 4% 36% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2775) 4% 36% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 3% 37% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E210) 3% 32% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3212) 2% 32% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2770) 2% 35% ± 0%
AMD(1002 3000) 2% 37% ± 0%
Asus(1043 044C) 1% 38% ± 0%
Asus(1043 041C) 1% 33% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0442) 1% 33% ± 0%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 1% 33% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3003) 1% 37% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0418) 1% 36% ± 0%
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Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples58x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples56x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD  $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples51x
GPU
Radeon R9 280XAMDBench 36%, 102 samples1x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples18x
TM8FP6512G 512GBTeamBench 195%, 6,771 samples11x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples11x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples17x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $131

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