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AMD Radeon R9 280
3 GBGDDR5

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AMD Radeon R9 280
2,009
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SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 280
Overview
ManufacturerAMD
FamilyVolcanic Islands(R9 200)
Launch date2014-03-04
Architecture
ArchitectureGCN 1.0
GenerationVolcanic Islands(R9 200)
GPU / chipTahiti
FoundryTSMC
Process28 nm
Compute
Compute units28 CUs
Shader processors1792
Memory
VRAM3 GB
Memory typeGDDR5
Memory bus384 bit
Memory bandwidth240.0 GB/s
Clocks
Base clock0.83 GHz
Boost clock0.93 GHz
Memory clock1.25 GHz
PCIe
Bus interfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Display
Display outputs1x DVI, 2x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power
Board power200 W
Suggested PSU550 W
Power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Physical
Reference dimensions275 mm × 36 mm × —
Slot widthDual-slot