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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:  448

Last Price Change:  NA

Average G3D Mark
6079

Average G2D Mark: 672
Samples: 5491

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 Compute2692 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 15th of May 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon R9 280X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of May 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of May 2026.

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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 15th of May 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,012
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,115
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,260
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,508
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,731
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,093
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,870
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,362
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,079
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of May 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3070
 58.14
GeForce RTX 4060
 57.06
GeForce RTX 2060
 50.67
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 50.65
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 48.95
GeForce GTX 1650
 44.49
GeForce RTX 3080
 40.41
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 35.60
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
BL3463126 - May 11 2026
6101
BL3461045 - May 10 2026
6826
BL3457671 - May 08 2026
7018
BL3456717 - May 08 2026
3613
BL3453497 - May 06 2026
5432
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Popular comparisons for Radeon R9 280X
As of 15th of May 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,079
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 280X
 41,310 (+579.6%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280X
 40,493 (+566.2%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,951 (+540.8%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,339 (+530.7%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,073 (+526.3%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 35,691 (+487.2%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,441 (+466.6%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,270 (+463.8%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs Radeon R9 280X
 33,270 (+447.3%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280X
 33,247 (+447.0%)
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280X
 32,831 (+440.1%)
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