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The Radeon R9 280 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 6650 XT. We cannot compare value as at least one GPU is out of stock.

Advantages of the Radeon R9 280

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is better in every way

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6650 XT

  • At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
  • Consumes up to 12% less energy176 vs 200 Watts
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory8 vs 3 GB

Radeon R9 280 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT in My Games

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The Radeon R9 280 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT in synthetic GPU benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo

Radeon R9 280

Mar 4th, 2014


3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

2072

21%

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6650 XT

May 10th, 2022


3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

9926

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon R9 280 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT in core GPU performance specifications

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo

Radeon R9 280

Mar 4th, 2014


Memory

3 GB

38%

Memory Bandwidth

240 GB/s

86%


Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

18%

Texture Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

31%

FP32

3.344 TFLOPS

31%

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6650 XT

May 10th, 2022


Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

280.3 GB/s

100%


Pixel Fillrate

168.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

337.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

10.79 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

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AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo

Radeon R9 280

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6650 XT

General
Mar 4th, 2014Release Date
May 10th, 2022
$279.00
MSRP$399.00
Volcanic IslandsGenerationNavi II
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
200 WPower Consumption
176 W
Memory
3 GBMemory Size
8 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR6
384-bitMemory Bus128-bit
240 GB/sBandwidth
280.3 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
29.86 GPixel/sPixel Fillrate
168.6 GPixel/s
104.5 GTexel/sTexture Fillrate
337.3 GTexel/s
3.344 TFLOPSFP32
10.79 TFLOPS

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