GeForce RTX 4090 D vs Radeon R9 280

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 280 and GeForce RTX 4090 D, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 280
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
14.42

RTX 4090 D outperforms R9 280 by a whopping 536% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking3652
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.4117.27
Power efficiency4.9414.79
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiAD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date4 March 2014 (10 years ago)28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 D has 219% better value for money than R9 280.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores179214592
Core clock speedno data2280 MHz
Boost clock speed933 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt425 Watt
Texture fill rate104.51,149
Floating-point processing power3.344 TFLOPS73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs32176
TMUs112456
Tensor Coresno data456
Ray Tracing Coresno data114

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length275 mm304 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount3 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth240 GB/s1,008 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

R9 280 14.42
RTX 4090 D 91.70
+536%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 280 5558
RTX 4090 D 35333
+536%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.42 91.70
Recency 4 March 2014 28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 425 Watt

R9 280 has 112.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 535.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 280 in performance tests.


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