AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon Vega 3

Compare AMD Radeon R9 280X 3 GB vs AMD Radeon Vega 3, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

1687 points

1419% significantly better overall score

111 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

40 FPS

37 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

3 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

25 FPS

22 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

35 FPS

33 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

14 FPS

13 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

1 FPS

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3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

2350 points

467% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

414 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

850 MHz

183% significantly higher core clock speed

300 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1000 MHz

1100 MHz

10% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

250 W

15 W

1566% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

32 Gigapixels/s

627% significantly higher pixel rate

4.4 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

128 Gigatexels/s

869% significantly higher texture rate

13.2 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

2048

966% significantly more shading units

192

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

128

966% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

700% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 586

494th of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon R9 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.6

Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon Vega 3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the Radeon R9 280X GPU is faster than the Radeon Vega 3 in gaming.

The Radeon R9 280X has a significantly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. Despite this, the Radeon Vega 3 has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the Radeon Vega 3 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the Radeon R9 280X at 250 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon R9 280X over the Radeon Vega 3.