Radeon R9 280 vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $279

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $899

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ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 20GB GDDR6 Memory, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3X DisplayPort 2.1, GPU Tweak III, TUF-RX7900XT-O20G-GAMING)

PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Graphics Card

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming OC 20G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 20GB 320-bit GDDR6, GV-R79XTGAMING OC-20GD Video Card

Sapphire 21323-01-20G AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 20GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3, Black

ASRock Creator Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 ATX Video Card

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms Radeon R9 280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 7900 XT is 3166 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of Radeon R9 280

Consumes up to 33% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT - 200 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 7900 XT

Performs up to 196% better in Assassin's Creed Mirage than Radeon R9 280 - 139 vs 47 FPS
Up to 567% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 20 vs 3 GB

This is a free version of Assassin's Creed Mirage.

Assassin's Creed Mirage

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

FPS

34%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

FPS

139

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.63/FPS

100%

Price, €

€644.1

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Sapphire 11323-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 20GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

386

FPS

405

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

557

FPS

955

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

167

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

High

FPS

221

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Very High

357

FPS

544

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

13%

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

459.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

804.4 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280	vs	Radeon RX 7900 XT
Mar 4th, 2014	Release Date	Nov 3rd, 2022
Volcanic Islands	Generation	Navi III
$279	MSRP	$899
1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
3 GB	Memory	20 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	320-bit
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	800 GB/s
827 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1500 MHz
933 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2394 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2500 MHz