Radeon R9 280 vs Arc 8-Core iGPU
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Arc 8-Core iGPU with Radeon R9 280, including specs and performance data.
Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms R9 280 by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 280 | 339 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 10.99 |
| Architecture | Xe LPG | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Meteor Lake iGPU | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (less than a year ago) | 4 March 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $279 |
| Current price | no data | $91 (0.3x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 | 1792 |
| Boost clock speed | 2300 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 104.5 |
| Floating-point performance | no data | 3,344 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Arc 8-Core iGPU and Radeon R9 280 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 275 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 240 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | no data | 1 |
| HDMI | no data | + |
| DisplayPort support | no data | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | no data | - |
| CrossFire | no data | 1 |
| Enduro | no data | - |
| FreeSync | no data | 1 |
| HD3D | no data | + |
| LiquidVR | no data | 1 |
| PowerTune | no data | - |
| TressFX | no data | 1 |
| TrueAudio | no data | + |
| ZeroCore | no data | - |
| UVD | no data | + |
| DDMA audio | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_2 | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | no data | + |
| Mantle | no data | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms Radeon R9 280 by 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms Radeon R9 280 by 6% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 37
+37%
| 27−30
−37%
|
| 1440p | 27
+50%
| 18−21
−50%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 45−50
+21.6%
|
35−40
−21.6%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+23%
|
60−65
−23%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+18.4%
|
35−40
−18.4%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+27.9%
|
40−45
−27.9%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65
+20%
|
50−55
−20%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 100−105
+17.6%
|
85−90
−17.6%
|
| Hitman 3 | 45−50
+25%
|
35−40
−25%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 95−100
+23.4%
|
77
−23.4%
|
| Metro Exodus | 80−85
+29%
|
60−65
−29%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 65−70
+27.5%
|
50−55
−27.5%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 90−95
+26.8%
|
71
−26.8%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75
+22.8%
|
55−60
−22.8%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 45−50
+21.6%
|
35−40
−21.6%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+23%
|
60−65
−23%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+18.4%
|
35−40
−18.4%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+27.9%
|
40−45
−27.9%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65
+20%
|
50−55
−20%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 100−105
+17.6%
|
85−90
−17.6%
|
| Hitman 3 | 45−50
+25%
|
35−40
−25%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 95−100
+28.4%
|
70−75
−28.4%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+26.3%
|
19
−26.3%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 65−70
+27.5%
|
50−55
−27.5%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 70−75
+20.7%
|
58
−20.7%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 60−65
+22.4%
|
49
−22.4%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75
+22.8%
|
55−60
−22.8%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 45−50
+21.6%
|
35−40
−21.6%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+18.4%
|
35−40
−18.4%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+27.9%
|
40−45
−27.9%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 100−105
+17.6%
|
85−90
−17.6%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55
+22%
|
41
−22%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 55−60
+22.2%
|
45
−22.2%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−33
+25%
|
24
−25%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75
+22.8%
|
55−60
−22.8%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 65−70
+27.5%
|
50−55
−27.5%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+25%
|
35−40
−25%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 45−50
+25%
|
35−40
−25%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 24−27
+26.3%
|
18−20
−26.3%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 30−33
+25%
|
24−27
−25%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
+25%
|
35−40
−25%
|
| Hitman 3 | 27−30
+22.7%
|
21−24
−22.7%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 45−50
+18.4%
|
35−40
−18.4%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+17.6%
|
30−35
−17.6%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 50−55
+19%
|
42
−19%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+28.6%
|
21−24
−28.6%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16
+16.7%
|
12−14
−16.7%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 40−45
+29%
|
30−35
−29%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 21−24
+16.7%
|
18−20
−16.7%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 18−20
+28.6%
|
14−16
−28.6%
|
| Hitman 3 | 18−20
+28.6%
|
14−16
−28.6%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 14−16
+16.7%
|
12−14
−16.7%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+26.3%
|
18−20
−26.3%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 14−16
+27.3%
|
10−12
−27.3%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14
+20%
|
10−11
−20%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 12−14
+20%
|
10−11
−20%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−33
+20%
|
24−27
−20%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30
+28.6%
|
21−24
−28.6%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+16.7%
|
18−20
−16.7%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 18−20
+12.5%
|
16−18
−12.5%
|
This is how Arc 8-Core iGPU and R9 280 compete in popular games:
- Arc 8-Core iGPU is 37% faster in 1080p
- Arc 8-Core iGPU is 50% faster in 1440p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 18.60 | 14.39 |
| Recency | 14 December 2023 | 4 March 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 28 nm |
The Arc 8-Core iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 280 in performance tests.
Be aware that Arc 8-Core iGPU is a notebook card while Radeon R9 280 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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