Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon R9 280X2 - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Radeon R9 280X2
Architecture
Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
Navi 10
Tahiti
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2019
-
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
3x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1905 MHz
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
1605 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
10,300 million
4,313 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
375 Watt
Texture fill rate
304.8
128.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenCL
2.0
2.1 (1.2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
+
1.2.170
Multi Monitor
+
-
VR Ready
+
-