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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms Radeon R9 280X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 2577 days newer than Radeon R9 280X.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800
- Performs up to 83% better in Dirt 5 than Radeon R9 280X - 181 vs 99 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 16 vs 3 GB
Dirt 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Sapphire 11305-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6800 PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Pack of 1
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Radeon R9 280X
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 280X
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
32 GPixel/s
15.83374567046017%
Texel Fillrate
128 GTexel/s
25.336500395882823%
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
202.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R9 280X | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$299 | MSRP | $579 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 288 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
| 850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1700 MHz |
| 1000 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2105 MHz |
| 1500 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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