AMD Radeon E8950
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon E8950
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon E8950  vs  AMD Radeon R9 280.

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Place in performance rating
237
GCN 3.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Amethyst
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$279
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Price now
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
10.12
Amethyst
GPU code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon E8950  vs  AMD Radeon R9 280 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2048
Pipelines
1792
735 MHz
Core clock speed
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1000 MHz
Boost Clock
933 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
95 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
104.5
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,344 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
933 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
95 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
275 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon E8950 vs AMD Radeon R9 280.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
192.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
240 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon E8950 vs AMD Radeon R9 280.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-
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UVD
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 280 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon E8950 or AMD Radeon R9 280 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 280
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon E8950

More pipelines (2048 vs 1792)

Less power consumption (95 Watt vs 200 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280

26.71% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 192.0 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon E8950 or AMD Radeon R9 280?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280 .

AMD Radeon E8950 versus AMD Radeon R9 280 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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