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Graphics Processor
Tahiti

Cores
1792

TMUs
112

ROPs
32

Memory Size
3 GB

Memory Type
GDDR5

Bus Width
384 bit

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The Radeon R9 280 was a performance-segment graphics card by AMD, launched on March 4th, 2014. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Tahiti graphics processor, in its Tahiti PRO3 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_1, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The Tahiti graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 352 mm² and 4,313 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon HD 7970, which uses the same GPU but has all 2048 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon R9 280 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 3,072 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon R9 280, which are connected using a 384-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 827 MHz, which can be boosted up to 933 MHz, memory is running at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon R9 280 draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 200 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 2x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon R9 280 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 275 mm x 109 mm x 36 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 279 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Tahiti
GPU Variant
Tahiti PRO3
(215-0821330)
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
4,313 million
Density
12.3M / mm²
Die Size
352 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Mar 4th, 2014
Generation
Volcanic Islands
(R9 200)
Predecessor
Sea Islands
Successor
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
279 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
35 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210

3%

GeForce 9400 GT

4%

Radeon HD 4550

6%

Radeon HD 5450

7%

Radeon HD 6450

8%

GeForce GT 520

9%

GeForce GT 220

11%

GeForce GT 430

14%

Radeon HD 5570

14%

Radeon HD 4670

16%

GeForce GT 440

16%

GeForce GT 240

17%

GeForce 9600 GT

19%

Radeon HD 5670

20%

GeForce GT 640

22%

GeForce 9800 GT

23%

Radeon HD 6670

24%

Radeon HD 4830

24%

Radeon HD 4770

26%

Radeon HD 4850

27%

GeForce GTS 250

28%

GeForce GTS 450

29%

Radeon HD 5750

30%

Radeon HD 7750

34%

Radeon HD 5770

34%

GeForce GTX 260

35%

Radeon HD 4870

35%

Radeon Vega 8

36%

GeForce GTX 550 Ti

36%

GeForce GTX 650

36%

Radeon HD 5830

38%

Radeon HD 6790

40%

Radeon HD 4890

41%

GeForce GTX 460

42%

Radeon RX Vega 11

43%

GeForce GT 1030

43%

GeForce GTX 275

44%

Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

44%

GeForce GTX 280

44%

GeForce GTX 465

45%

Radeon HD 6850

47%

GeForce GTX 285

48%

Radeon HD 5850

51%

GeForce GTX 650 Ti

52%

Radeon HD 7790

52%

Radeon RX 550

54%

GeForce GTX 470

54%

Radeon HD 6870

56%

Radeon HD 5870

60%

GeForce GTX 560 Ti

62%

Radeon HD 4870 X2

62%

GeForce GTX 750 Ti

64%

Radeon HD 6950

64%

GeForce GTX 295

66%

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

67%

Radeon HD 7850

67%

GeForce GTX 480

69%

Radeon HD 6970

72%

Radeon R7 265

73%

Radeon RX 460

74%

Radeon R7 370

74%

GeForce GTX 660

75%

GeForce GTX 570

75%

Radeon RX 560

76%

GeForce GTX 950

81%

Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

81%

Radeon R9 270X

83%

GeForce GTX 660 Ti

84%

GeForce GTX 580

85%

GeForce GTX 1050

86%

Radeon HD 7950

86%

GeForce GTX 1630

87%

Radeon HD 5970

87%

GeForce GTX 760

90%

GeForce GTX 670

97%

GeForce GTX 960

99%

Radeon R9 280

100%

Radeon R9 380

102%

Radeon R9 285

102%

Radeon HD 7970

103%

GeForce GTX 680

105%

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

107%

GeForce GTX 770

110%

Radeon HD 6990

112%

Radeon R9 280X

115%

GeForce GTX 590

117%

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

117%

GeForce GTX 780

129%

Arc A380

129%

Radeon RX 6400

131%

GeForce GTX 1650

134%

Radeon RX 470

142%

Radeon R9 290

144%

Radeon RX 570

152%

Radeon R9 390

154%

Radeon R9 290X

155%

GeForce GTX 970

157%

GeForce GTX TITAN

159%

GeForce GTX 780 Ti

161%

Radeon R9 390X

163%

Radeon HD 7990

164%

Radeon RX 480

165%

GeForce GTX 690

166%

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

171%

Radeon RX 5500 OEM

173%

Radeon RX 580

175%

Radeon RX 5500 XT

176%

Radeon RX 6500 XT

178%

GeForce GTX 980

179%

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

180%

Radeon R9 FURY

181%

Radeon RX 590

189%

Radeon R9 295X2

199%

GeForce GTX 1660

200%

Radeon R9 FURY X

202%

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

206%

GeForce GTX TITAN X

211%

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

218%

GeForce GTX 1070

230%

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

230%

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

234%

Radeon RX Vega 56

245%

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

259%

Radeon RX 5600 XT

263%

Radeon RX Vega 64

267%

GeForce GTX 1080

271%

GeForce RTX 2060

271%

Radeon RX 5700

282%

Arc A580

282%

Radeon RX 6600

294%

GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

304%

GeForce RTX 2070

308%

Radeon RX 5700 XT

308%

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

314%

Arc A750

324%

Radeon VII

326%

TITAN X Pascal

335%

Radeon RX 6600 XT

338%

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

345%

Arc A770

348%

GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

348%

Radeon RX 6650 XT

366%

Radeon RX 7600

371%

GeForce RTX 4060

372%

GeForce RTX 2080

375%

Radeon RX 7600 XT

382%

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

393%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

402%

Radeon RX 6700 XT

417%

Radeon RX 6750 XT

442%

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

447%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

450%

GeForce RTX 3070

471%

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

504%

Radeon RX 7700 XT

510%

Radeon RX 6800

520%

GeForce RTX 4070

576%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

590%

GeForce RTX 3080

613%

Radeon RX 7800 XT

619%

Radeon RX 6900 XT

636%

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

668%

Radeon RX 7900 GRE

681%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

686%

Radeon RX 6950 XT

687%

GeForce RTX 3090

699%

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

717%

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

783%

Radeon RX 7900 XT

804%

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

811%

GeForce RTX 4080

910%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

924%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

933%

GeForce RTX 4090

1144%

Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
827 MHz
Boost Clock
933 MHz
Memory Clock
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
384 bit
Bandwidth
240.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
1792
TMUs
112
ROPs
32
Compute Units
28
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
29.86 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
104.5 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
3.344 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
836.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
275 mm
10.8 inches
Width
109 mm
4.3 inches
Height
36 mm
1.4 inches
TDP
200 W
Suggested PSU
550 W
Outputs
1x DVI
2x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board Number
C386

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)

Card Notes

Rebranded HD 7950

Tahiti GPU Notes

Generation: Southern Islands
Desktop Variant: New Zealand / Malta
Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx600)
Display Core Engine: 6.0
Unified Video Decoder: 3.2
Video Compression Engine: 1.0
CLRX: GCN 1.0

Exact Transistor Count: 4,312,711,873

Latest Drivers:
Windows XP / 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Retail boards based on this design (13)

NameGPU ClockBoost ClockMemory ClockOther Changes

ASUS R9 280 DirectCU II

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (6)

827 MHz933 MHz1250 MHz284 mm/11.2 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort

ASUS R9 280 DirectCU II TOP

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (7)

874 MHz980 MHz1300 MHz284 mm/11.2 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort

ASUS STRIX R9 280 OC

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (8)

874 MHz980 MHz1300 MHz284 mm/11.2 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort

Club 3D R9 280 royalKing

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (9)

855 MHz960 MHz1250 MHz268 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

GIGABYTE R9 280 WindForce 3X OC

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (10)

950 MHz1072 MHz1250 MHz296 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

HIS R9 280 IceQ OC

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (11)

827 MHz933 MHz1250 MHz281 mm/11.1 inches, Triple-slot, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

HIS R9 280 IceQ X2 OC

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (12)

847 MHz953 MHz1250 MHz297 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

MSI R9 280 Gaming

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (13)

933 MHz972 MHz1250 MHz269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

PowerColor TurboDuo R9 280 OC

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (14)

855 MHz960 MHz1250 MHz267 mm/10.5 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

Sapphire Dual-X R9 280 OC with Boost

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (15)

850 MHz940 MHz1250 MHz262 mm/10.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort

VTX3D R9 280 X-Edition

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (16)

855 MHz960 MHz1250 MHz1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

XFX Double D R9 280

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (17)

827 MHz933 MHz1250 MHz295 mm/11.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

XFX Double D R9 280 Black Edition

AMD Radeon R9 280 Specs (18)

933 MHz1000 MHz1300 MHz295 mm/11.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort

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