ATI 3D Rage II vs Radeon R9 280X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking347not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.43no data
Power efficiency4.21no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameTahitiMach64 GT-B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)5 September 1996 (28 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $269

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048no data
Core clock speedno data60 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million5 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate128.00.06
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPSno data
ROPs321
TMUs1281

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 x16PCI
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data83 MHz
Memory bandwidth288 GB/s664.0 MB/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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x VGA
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HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
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® 125.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 5 September 1996
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 500 nm

R9 280X has an age advantage of 17 years, a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 280X and 3D Rage II. We've got no test results to judge.


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