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Radeon R9 280

Price and performance details for the Radeon R9 280 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

Radeon R9 280

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 3072 MB

Core Clock(s): 827 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1250 MHz

DirectX: 12.0

OpenGL: 4.5

Max TDP: 250 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: AMD Radeon R9 280

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2016-04-01

G3DMark/Price: NA

Overall Rank:  482

Last Price Change:  NA

Average G3D Mark
5532

Average G2D Mark: 667
Samples: 3734

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon R9 280

DirectX 985 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1030 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1130 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1227 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute2450 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 13th of January 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon R9 280

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of December 2025.

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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 14th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,046
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,149
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,297
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,537
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,766
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,113
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,867
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,353
Radeon R9 280
 		5,532
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 48.60
GeForce RTX 2060
 45.42
GeForce RTX 3070
 43.69
GeForce RTX 4060
 41.35
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 29.66
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.77
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.06
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 16.03
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
Radeon R9 280
 		NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon R9 280
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3205140 - Jan 11 2026
5596
BL3197389 - Jan 08 2026
4478
BL3185354 - Jan 03 2026
5760
BL3183207 - Jan 02 2026
5446
BL3176141 - Dec 30 2025
5763
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Popular comparisons for Radeon R9 280
As of 14th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 280
 		5,532
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs Radeon R9 280
 42,223 (+663.3%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 280
 40,902 (+639.4%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280
 40,493 (+632.1%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 280
 38,830 (+602.0%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 280
 38,107 (+588.9%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 280
 36,434 (+558.7%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 280
 35,779 (+546.8%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 280
 34,446 (+522.7%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 280
 34,224 (+518.7%)
L40-48Q vs Radeon R9 280
 33,270 (+501.5%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280
 32,799 (+492.9%)
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