Radeon Pro Duo vs Radeon R9 280X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon Pro Duo and Radeon R9 280X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon Pro Duo and Radeon R9 280X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro Duo Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 3x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro Duo has 40% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon Pro Duo has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon Pro Duo is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • Radeon Pro Duo and Radeon R9 280X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Pro Duo is 2 mm longer, than Radeon R9 280X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 35−40
ultra / 1080p 30−35 21−24
QHD / 1440p 27−30 16−18
4K / 2160p 14−16 10−11
low / 720p 75−80 60−65
medium / 1080p 60−65 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Duo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Radeon R9 280X.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro Duo Radeon R9 280X
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN
Code name Capsaicin Thaiti XTL
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 26 April 2016 8 October 2013
Pipelines 4096 2048
Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 8,900 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 256.0 128.0
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops 4,096 gflops
Length 277 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 288 GB/s
Shared memory -
Shader Model 6.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan + +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
FreeSync + +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI + +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 809 Mh/s 494 Mh/s
Eyefinity + +
HD3D + +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio + +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support + +
CrossFire + +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
Compute units 128
AppAcceleration + +
LiquidVR + +
TressFX + +
UVD + +
Enduro +
FRTC +
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