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Radeon R9 280X

Price and performance details for the Radeon R9 280X 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 280X

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 3072 MB

Core Clock(s): 850 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1500 MHz

DirectX: 12.0

OpenGL: 4.5

Max TDP: 250 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2016-04-02

G3DMark/Price: NA

Overall Rank:  429

Last Price Change:  NA

Average G3D Mark
6103

Average G2D Mark: 672
Samples: 5375

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon R9 280X

DirectX 993 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1033 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1133 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1230 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute2716 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 9th of November 2025.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon R9 280X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of November 2025.

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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 9th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,080
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,174
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,315
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,549
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,780
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,116
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,871
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,347
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,103
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 84.65
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.17
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 59.93
GeForce RTX 2060
 53.42
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.78
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.03
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 15.64
GeForce RTX 3070
 11.94
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
Radeon R9 280X
 		NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon R9 280X
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3032877 - Nov 06 2025
5623
BL3014830 - Oct 30 2025
6969
BL3014291 - Oct 29 2025
6932
BL3014095 - Oct 29 2025
5668
BL3013988 - Oct 29 2025
5734
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Popular comparisons for Radeon R9 280X
As of 9th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,103
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 280X
 42,836 (+601.9%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
 42,223 (+591.9%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,987 (+538.8%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,128 (+524.8%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280X
 36,290 (+494.7%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
 36,011 (+490.1%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 35,985 (+489.7%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,461 (+464.7%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,243 (+461.1%)
Radeon AI PRO R9700 vs Radeon R9 280X
 33,070 (+441.9%)
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs Radeon R9 280X
 32,629 (+434.7%)
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