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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 5080 outperforms Radeon R9 280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 5080 is 3985 days newer than Radeon R9 280.
Advantages of Radeon R9 280
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 - 200 vs 360 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 5080
- Performs up to 173% better in Sea of Thieves than Radeon R9 280 - 276 vs 101 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 16 vs 3 GB
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
GeForce RTX 5080
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025
FPS
276
100%
Value, £/FPS
£7.61/FPS
100%
Price, £
£2100
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16G VENTUS 3X OC PLUS GDDR7 256bit Gaming Graphics card, Boost Clock up to 2655 MHz, PCIe Gen 5, DLSS 4, DP 2.1 x 3, HDMI 2.1 x 1, SFF Ready
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
GeForce RTX 5080
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 5080
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025
Pixel Fillrate
335 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
879.3 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon R9 280 | vs | GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4th, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 30th, 2025 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 50 |
$279 | MSRP | $999 |
| 1x DVI, 2x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2 | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR7 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 240 GB/s | Bandwidth | 960 GB/s |
| 827 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2295 MHz |
| 933 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2617 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1875 MHz |
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