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Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon RX 7900 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon R9 280X

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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Radeon RX 7900 XT

20 GB GDDR6 | 320-bit

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

Buy for £683.99 on Amazon

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Radeon R9 280X

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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Radeon RX 7900 XT

20 GB GDDR6 | 320-bit

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

Buy for £683.99 on Amazon

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $299

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $899

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

ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC Edition 20GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 20GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 2.1)

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming OC 20G (20GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2535MHz/20000MHz)

PowerColor Red Devil RX 7900 XT 20G-E/OC AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 Go GDDR6

Sapphire NITRO+ AMD RADEON™ RX 7900 XT GAMING OC VAPOR-X 20GB GDDR6 DUAL HDMI/DUAL DP FULL

Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT Hellhound (20GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2500MHz/20000MHz)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms Radeon R9 280X 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 3313 days newer than Radeon R9 280X.

Advantages of Radeon R9 280X

Consumes up to 17% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT - 250 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 7900 XT

Performs up to 967% better in Metro Exodus than Radeon R9 280X - 128 vs 12 FPS
Up to 567% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 20 vs 3 GB

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Metro Exodus

Metro Exodus

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

FPS

12

9%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

FPS

128

100%

Value, £/FPS

£5.34/FPS

100%

Price, £

£683.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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

Buy for £683.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 109 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

85

FPS

167

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

386

FPS

405

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

123

FPS

218

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

565

FPS

955

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

145

FPS

238

FPS

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

32 GPixel/s

7%

Texel Fillrate

128 GTexel/s

16%

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

459.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

804.4 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280X	vs	Radeon RX 7900 XT
Oct 8th, 2013	Release Date	Nov 3rd, 2022
Volcanic Islands	Generation	Navi III
$299	MSRP	$899
2x DVI, 1x 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
288 GB/s	Bandwidth	800 GB/s
850 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1500 MHz
1000 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2394 MHz
1500 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2500 MHz

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£319.99

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£683.99

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£683.99

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£469.99

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£1,151.3

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£683.99

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£683.99

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£469.99

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£683.99

£89.99

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£683.99

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£559.95

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

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£1,305

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£683.99

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£559.95

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£1,305

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£68.99

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£683.99

£147.42

£70.62

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£683.99

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Out of Stock

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

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£683.99

£70.62

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

GeForce RTX 2060

£406.74

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

GeForce RTX 4090

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£683.99

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£406.74

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£683.99

GeForce RTX 4090

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£359.99

£63.99

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£499

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

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£359.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

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£409

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£683.99

£63.99

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

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£499

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

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£409

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£484.71

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£900

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£683.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

£900

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£899

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£683.99

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£899

£605.36

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£199.99