Price and performance details for the Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16
Max Memory Size: 3072 MB
Core Clock(s): 1000 MHz
Memory Clock(s): 1500 MHz
DirectX: 11.2/12.0
OpenGL: 4.4
Max TDP: 250 W
Videocard Category: Desktop
Other names: AMD Radeon HD 7970, AMD Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X, ASUS R9 280X Series
Videocard First Benchmarked: 2012-08-17
G3DMark/Price: 41.65
Overall Rank: 199
Last Price Change: $125.99 USD (2020-03-14)
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| Videocard | Average G3D Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER | 18,116 | |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | 16,833 | |
| GeForce GTX 1080 | 15,020 | |
| GeForce RTX 2060 | 13,833 | |
| GeForce GTX 1070 | 13,361 | |
| Radeon RX 580 | 8,833 | |
| Radeon RX 470 | 7,999 | |
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | 6,340 | |
| Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X | 5,247 | |
| Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 | 4,766 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2021 |
| Videocard | Average G3D Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Radeon RX 470 | 80.00 | |
| Radeon RX 580 | 58.89 | |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | 46.76 | |
| Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X | 41.65 | |
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | 39.63 | |
| GeForce GTX 1080 | 39.53 | |
| GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER | 34.51 | |
| GeForce GTX 1070 | 30.11 | |
| GeForce RTX 2060 | 29.43 | |
| Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 | 22.69 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2021 |
| Videocard | Average G3D Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X | 5,248 | |
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | 26,267 | |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | 25,670 | |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | 24,243 | |
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | 23,990 | |
| GeForce RTX 3070 | 21,735 | |
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | 21,666 | |
| Radeon RX 6800 | 21,046 | |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | 19,674 | |
| GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER | 19,459 | |
| TITAN V | 19,378 | |
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | 18,698 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2021 |
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