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Radeon R9 280 vs Radeon RX 6800

Radeon R9 280 vs Radeon RX 6800: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon R9 280

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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Radeon RX 6800

16 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

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Radeon R9 280

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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Radeon RX 6800

16 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $279

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $579

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

XFX Speedster SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2 RX-68XLAQBD9

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2105 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G)

XFX Speedster QICK319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 Black Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP RX-68XLALBD9

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 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 6800 is 2430 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of Radeon R9 280

Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 - 200 vs 250 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800

Performs up to 76% better in Battlefield IV than Radeon R9 280 - 309 vs 176 FPS
Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 16 vs 3 GB

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Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

FPS

176

57%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

309

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.62/FPS

100%

Price, $

$501.92

100%

FPS and Value Winner

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

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In Stock

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

357

FPS

472

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

47

FPS

157

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

557

FPS

834

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

386

FPS

397

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

83

FPS

144

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

15%

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

21%

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

202.1 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

505.2 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280	vs	Radeon RX 6800
Mar 4th, 2014	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
Volcanic Islands	Generation	Navi II
$279	MSRP	$579
1x DVI, 2x 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
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
827 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1700 MHz
933 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2105 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 280 or Radeon RX 6800

With selected game settings

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CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Master Gaming PC

262 FPS

$5.34/FPS

Radeon RX 6800

Ryzen 7 5800X

16 GB, 500 GB SSD

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$1,399.99

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