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General information Radeon R9 280X Radeon R9 255
Launched Q3 2012 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 2048 MB 33.3 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 900 MHz 10 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Performance Radeon R9 280X Radeon R9 255
Overall Score 38469 0 % 19414 49.5 %
Future Proof 21 % 36.4 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14799 0 % 3769 74.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 728.5 0 % 394.8 45.8 %
Average DirectX performance 47.6 FPS 0 % 11.7 FPS 75.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 93.1 FPS 0 % 25 FPS 73.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 32.1 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 87.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 35.2 FPS 0 % 10 FPS 71.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 29.9 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 73.3 %
Graphic card computing 2890.2 operations/s 0 % 706.7 operations/s 75.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280X, Radeon R9 255.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X Radeon R9 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.9 FPS 33.4 FPS
High settings 149.2 FPS 60.1 FPS
Medium settings 179.0 FPS 72.1 FPS
Low settings 250.6 FPS 101.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 280X, Radeon R9 255.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X Radeon R9 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.2 FPS 30.8 FPS
High settings 115.6 FPS 55.5 FPS
Medium settings 138.8 FPS 66.6 FPS
Low settings 194.3 FPS 93.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 52 %
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