Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 5700 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 5700 XT is 1951 days newer than Radeon R9 280.
Advantages of Radeon R9 280
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT - 200 vs 225 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 5700 XT
- Performs up to 84% better in Resident Evil 4 than Radeon R9 280 - 92 vs 50 FPS
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 8 vs 3 GB
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
121.9 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
304.8 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon R9 280 | vs | Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4th, 2014 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi |
$279 | MSRP | $399 |
| 1x DVI, 2x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2 | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 240 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
| 827 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1605 MHz |
| 933 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1905 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
