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Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon RX 580
IntroThe Radeon R9 280X has a GPU core clock speed of 850 MHz, and the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1500 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 580, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
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Memory BandwidthPerformance-wise, the Radeon R9 280X should in theory be a small bit better than the Radeon RX 580 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon RX 580 is a lot (about 66%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 280X. (explain)
Pixel RateThe Radeon RX 580 is a lot (approximately 48%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 280X, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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