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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:  438

Last Price Change:  NA

Average G3D Mark
6086

Average G2D Mark: 672
Samples: 5439

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 Compute2700 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 14th of February 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon R9 280X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of January 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of January 2026.

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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,040
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,139
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,287
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,531
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,755
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,106
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,872
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,357
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,086
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.11
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 53.53
GeForce RTX 3070
 53.37
GeForce RTX 2060
 53.22
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 52.98
GeForce GTX 1650
 40.61
GeForce RTX 3080
 39.64
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 37.23
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
BL3277845 - Feb 10 2026
6836
BL3254818 - Jan 31 2026
5499
BL3244281 - Jan 27 2026
6260
BL3242381 - Jan 26 2026
6510
BL3238932 - Jan 24 2026
5675
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Popular comparisons for Radeon R9 280X
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 280X
 		6,086
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
 42,223 (+593.7%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 280X
 41,406 (+580.3%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs Radeon R9 280X
 40,493 (+565.3%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,872 (+538.7%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 280X
 38,091 (+525.8%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 35,720 (+486.9%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
 35,485 (+483.0%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,442 (+465.9%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 280X
 34,243 (+462.6%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs Radeon R9 280X
 33,270 (+446.6%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs Radeon R9 280X
 32,601 (+435.6%)
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