AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon R9 280X2
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 3GB VRAM Radeon R9 280X and 3GB VRAM Radeon R9 280X2 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
AMD Radeon R9 280X 's Advantages
Lower TDP (250W vs 375W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
Radeon R9 280X
4.096 TFLOPS
Radeon R9 280X2
4.096 TFLOPS
Graphics Card
Oct 2013
Release Date
Unknown
Volcanic Islands
Generation
Volcanic Islands
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
850 MHz
Base Clock
950 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
1500 MHz
Memory Clock
1500 MHz
Memory
3GB
Memory Size
3GB
GDDR5
Memory Type
GDDR5
384bit
Memory Bus
384bit
288.0GB/s
Bandwidth
288.0GB/s
Render Config
32
Compute Units
32
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-
-
2048
Shading Units
2048
128
TMUs
128
32
ROPs
32
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-
-
-
-
-
16 KB (per CU)
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
768 KB
L2 Cache
768 KB
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-
-
Theoretical Performance
32.00 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
32.00 GPixel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
128.0 GTexel/s
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-
-
4.096 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
4.096 TFLOPS
1024 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
1024 GFLOPS
Board Design
250W
TDP
375W
600 W
Suggested PSU
750 W
2x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2
Outputs
6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Power Connectors
3x 8-pin
Graphics Processor
Tahiti
GPU Name
Tahiti
Tahiti XTL
(215-0821065)
GPU Variant
Tahiti XTL
(215-0821065)
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
28 nm
Process Size
28 nm
4.313 billion
Transistors
4.313 billion
352 mm²
Die Size
352 mm²
Graphics Features
12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
1.2
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-
-
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
