Radeon R9 280 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

The values for the video cards below are determined from thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and are updated daily.

The first section will show basic information for each Video Card selected.
The first graph shows the G3D Mark values of each Videocard selected.
The second graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

	×Radeon R9 280	×Radeon HD 7870 XT
Price	Search Online	Search Online
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
GPU Class	Desktop	Desktop
Core Clock	827 MHz	925 MHz
Memory Clock	1250 MHz	1500 MHz
Maximum Memory Supported	3072 MB	2048 MB
DirectX	12.0	11.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Max TDP	250W	185W
First Seen on Chart	Q2 2016	Q2 2013
# of Samples	3529	1221
Average Results (% diff. to max in group)
DirectX 9	86 FPS	NA
DirectX 10	30 FPS	NA
DirectX 11	31 FPS	NA
DirectX 12	26 FPS	NA
GPU Compute	2479 Ops/Sec	NA
G2D Rating	665	661 (-0.6%)
G3D Rating	5562	4470 (-19.6%)

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