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: 16.35
Overall Rank: 217
Last Price Change: $320.9 USD (2021-07-03)
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| Videocard | Average G3D Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER | 18,144 | |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | 16,830 | |
| GeForce GTX 1080 | 15,115 | |
| GeForce RTX 2060 | 13,874 | |
| GeForce GTX 1070 | 13,395 | |
| Radeon RX 580 | 8,855 | |
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | 6,329 | |
| Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X | 5,247 | |
| Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 | 4,766 | |
| Radeon Vega 8 | 1,701 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2021 |
| Videocard | Average G3D Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| GeForce GTX 1070 | 29.50 | |
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | 23.44 | |
| GeForce GTX 1080 | 23.15 | |
| GeForce RTX 2060 | 21.68 | |
| GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER | 18.73 | |
| Radeon RX 580 | 18.45 | |
| Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 | 17.65 | |
| Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X | 16.35 | |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | 14.03 | |
| Radeon Vega 8 | 13.41 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2021 |
| Videocard | Average G3D Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X | 5,248 | |
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | 26,478 | |
| GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | 26,420 | |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | 25,829 | |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | 24,391 | |
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | 23,390 | |
| GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | 22,676 | |
| GeForce RTX 3070 | 21,859 | |
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | 21,716 | |
| Radeon RX 6800 | 20,647 | |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | 19,776 | |
| GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER | 19,508 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2021 |
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