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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5830

33%
33%

AMD Radeon R9 280X

300%
300%
AMD Radeon R9 280X is approximately 267% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Cypress
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
1120
2048
TMUsDifferent
56
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU NameDifferent
Cypress
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
Cypress LE(215-0735047)
Tahiti XTL(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
2,154 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
6.4M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
334 mm²
352 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
Release DateDifferent
Feb 25th, 2010
Oct 8th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Evergreen(HD 5800)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R700
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Northern Islands
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
59 in our database
105 in our database
Launch PriceDifferent
N/A
299 USD

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU ClockDifferent
800 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
850 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
128.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
Shading UnitsDifferent
1120
2048
TMUsDifferent
56
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
14
32
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
512 KB
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
Pixel RateDifferent
12.80 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
44.80 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1.792 TFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
358.4 GFLOPS (1:5)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
280 mm11 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
37 mm1.5 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
175 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C00137-20
C386

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectXDifferent
11.2 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
4.4
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
5.0
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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