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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:  457

Last Price Change:  NA

Average G3D Mark
6066

Average G2D Mark: 671
Samples: 5555

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 Compute2682 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 7th of October 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon R9 280X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of June 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of June 2026.

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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 24,971
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,066
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,215
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,483
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,701
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,074
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,867
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,367
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,066
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,038
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 2060
 50.01
GeForce RTX 3070
 48.62
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 44.12
GeForce RTX 4060
 41.92
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 41.75
GeForce RTX 3080
 36.72
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 31.77
GeForce GTX 1650
 29.76
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
BL3750333 - Sep 30 2026
5447
BL3749786 - Sep 30 2026
6563
BL3746889 - Sep 29 2026
6120
BL3745094 - Sep 28 2026
4972
BL3743321 - Sep 27 2026
3475
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Popular comparisons for Radeon R9 280X
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,066
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 280X
 42,260 (+596.7%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 39,005 (+543.0%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,038 (+527.1%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
 37,596 (+519.8%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 35,629 (+487.3%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,433 (+467.6%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,205 (+463.9%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 vs Radeon R9 280X
 33,472 (+451.8%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280X
 33,396 (+450.5%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs Radeon R9 280X
 33,270 (+448.4%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs Radeon R9 280X
 32,601 (+437.4%)
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