AMD Radeon R9 280X Graphics Card

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Learn more about AMD Radeon R9 280X:

Specifications

Generation
Volcanic Islands
GPU model
Tahiti
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Base clock
850 MHz
Memory size
3 GB
DirectX
12 (11_1)
Release date
Oct 8th, 2013

Graphics Processor

GPU model
Tahiti
GPU variant
Tahiti XTL (215-0821065)
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Manufacturing process
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,313 million
Die size
352 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date
Oct 8th, 2013
Generation
Volcanic Islands
Production
End-of-life
Launch price
299 USD
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
105 in our database
Predecessor
Sea Islands
Successor
Pirate Islands

Clocks

Base clock
850 MHz
Boost clock
1000 MHz
Memory clock
1500 MHz 6 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size
3 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Memory bus width
384 bit
Bandwidth
288.0 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units
2048
TMUs
128
ROPs
32
Compute units
32
Cache L1
16 KB (per CU)
Cache L2
768 KB

Performance

Pixel rate
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture rate
128.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float) performance
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance
1,024 GFLOPS (1:4)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width
Dual-slot
Length
275 mm 10.8 inches
Width
109 mm 4.3 inches
Height
36 mm 1.4 inches
TDP
250 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
Outputs
2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board number
C386

API Support & Features

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
1.2
Shader model
5.1

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