AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

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 R9 280X  vs  AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.

231
Place in performance rating
38
10.96
Value for money (0-100)
55.46
GCN
Architecture
Navi / RDNA
Tahiti
Code name
Navi 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
7 July 2019 (2 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1013 (2.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
9.36
Value for money
27.17
Thaiti XTL
GPU code name
Navi 10
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 280X  vs  AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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
2560
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Core clock speed
1605 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1905 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
10,300 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
304.8
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
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2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1905 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
10,300 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
275 mm
Length
272 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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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 R9 280X vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
288 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

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

no data
VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
+
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 R9 280X or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 177 122 105 80 63 34
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 203 138 128 125 87.9 47.6
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 365 266 215 149 109 65
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 333.4 208.3 139.4 92.5 66.5 33.4
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 236 213 178 174 126 65.1
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 R9 280X

Cheaper ($330 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1013 (2.5x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

50.24% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 2048)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (225 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 288 GB/s)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon R9 280X or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT .

AMD Radeon R9 280X versus AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.5 Out of 106 Hitesti Score
4.6 Out of 919 Hitesti Score