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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon R9 280X

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

539%
539%

AMD Radeon R9 280X

19%
19%
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is approximately 520% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 32
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
3840
2048
TMUsDifferent
240
128
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 32
Tahiti
CodenameDifferent
Wheat Nas
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 32 XT(215-180000006)
Tahiti XTL(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
28 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
28,100 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
81.2M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
346 mm²
352 mm²
GCD SizeDifferent
200mm²
N/A
MCD SizeDifferent
36.6 mm² x4
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
N/A
Package SizeDifferent
40mm × 40mm
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
Release DateDifferent
Aug 25th, 2023
Oct 8th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 6th, 2023
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
499 USD
299 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
44 in our database
105 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
Base ClockDifferent
1295 MHz
850 MHz
Game ClockDifferent
2124 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2430 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2438 MHz19.5 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
624.1 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
Shading UnitsDifferent
3840
2048
TMUsDifferent
240
128
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
60
32
Matrix CoresDifferent
120
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
60
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
768 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
Pixel RateDifferent
233.3 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
583.2 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
74.65 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
37.32 TFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,166.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
263 W
250 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a3x DisplayPort 2.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D712A7-00_02
C386

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance108%

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Arc A380 Performance113%

Arc A380 is 13% faster than AMD Radeon R9 280X

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GeForce GTX 780 Performance112%

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Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Performance102%

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