Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X OC Specs

Graphics Processor

GPU Name: Tahiti

GPU Variant: Tahiti XTL
(215-0821065)

Architecture: GCN 1.0

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 28 nm

Transistors: 4,313 million

Die Size: 352 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date: Oct 8th, 2013

Generation: Volcanic Islands
(R9 200)

Production: End-of-life

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock: ~~850 MHz~~
870 MHz (+2%)

Boost Clock: ~~1000 MHz~~
1020 MHz (+2%)

Memory Clock: 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective

Memory

Memory Size: 3 GB

Memory Type: GDDR5

Memory Bus: 384 bit

Bandwidth: 288.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units: 2048

TMUs: 128

ROPs: 32

Compute Units: 32

L1 Cache: 16 KB (per CU)

L2 Cache: 768 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate: ~~32.00 GPixel/s~~
32.64 GPixel/s

Texture Rate: ~~128.0 GTexel/s~~
130.6 GTexel/s

FP32 (float) performance: ~~4.096 TFLOPS~~
4.178 TFLOPS

FP64 (double) performance: ~~1,024 GFLOPS~~
1,044 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

Slot Width: Dual-slot

Length: ~~10.83 inches~~
10.32 inches
~~275 mm~~
262 mm

TDP: 250 W

Outputs: 2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort

Power Connectors: 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Board Number: C386

Graphics Features

DirectX: 12.0 (11_1)

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 1.2

Vulkan: 1.1.101

Shader Model: 5.1

Card Notes

Rebranded HD 7970

Tahiti GPU Notes

Architecture Codename: Southern Islands
CLRX Version: GCN 1.0
Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx600)
Display Core Engine: 6.0
Unified Video Decoder: 3.2
Video Compression Engine: 1.0

Exact Transistor Count: 4,312,711,873

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Name	GPU Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock	Other Changes
ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	11.2 inches/284 mm
ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP	970 MHz	1070 MHz	1600 MHz	11.2 inches/284 mm
ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP V2	970 MHz	1070 MHz	1500 MHz	11.2 inches/284 mm, Triple-slot, 2x DVI 4x DisplayPort
ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II V2	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	11.2 inches/284 mm, Triple-slot, 2x DVI 4x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Matrix R9 280X	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	11.2 inches/284 mm, Triple-slot, 2x DVI 4x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Matrix R9 280X Platinum	950 MHz	1100 MHz	1600 MHz	11.2 inches/284 mm, Triple-slot, 2x DVI 4x DisplayPort
Club 3D R9 280X royalKing	1050 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	10.43 inches/265 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
Club 3D R9 280X royalQueen	925 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	10.43 inches/265 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
Digital Alliance R9 280X	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X OC	1000 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	11.2 inches/284 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X OC Battlefield 4	1000 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	11.22 inches/285 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X OC Rev. 2	1000 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	11.22 inches/285 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X OC Rev. 3	1000 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	11.65 inches/296 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X Rev. 3	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	11.65 inches/296 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Boost Clock	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	11.7 inches/297 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo Boost Clock	1000 MHz	1050 MHz	1500 MHz	11.7 inches/297 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
MSI R9 280X Gaming	850 MHz	1020 MHz	1500 MHz	10.6 inches/269 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
MSI R9 280X Gaming 6 GB	850 MHz	1020 MHz	1500 MHz	6 GB, 10.6 inches/269 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
MSI R9 280X Gaming Lite Edition	860 MHz	1020 MHz	1500 MHz	10.6 inches/269 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
MSI R9 280X Gaming OC	1000 MHz	1050 MHz	1500 MHz	10.6 inches/269 mm, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
MSI R9 280X Gaming OC Battlefield 4	1000 MHz	1050 MHz	1500 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
PowerColor R9 280X	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	10.43 inches/265 mm
PowerColor TurboDuo R9 280X OC	880 MHz	1030 MHz	1500 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
PowerColor TurboDuo R9 280X OC Battlefield 4	880 MHz	1030 MHz	1500 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X OC	900 MHz	1050 MHz	1500 MHz	11.02 inches/280 mm
Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X OC	870 MHz	1020 MHz	1500 MHz	10.32 inches/262 mm
Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X OC Battlefield 4	870 MHz	1020 MHz	1500 MHz	10.32 inches/262 mm
Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X OC Battlefield 4	900 MHz	1050 MHz	1500 MHz	11.02 inches/280 mm
Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X Platinum Edition	870 MHz	1020 MHz	1500 MHz	10.32 inches/262 mm
Sapphire TOXIC R9 280X OC	1100 MHz	1150 MHz	1600 MHz	11.85 inches/301 mm, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
Sapphire Tri-X R9 280X OC	1000 MHz	1100 MHz	1600 MHz	12.1 inches/307 mm, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
Sapphire Tri-X R9 280X OC	870 MHz	1020 MHz	1500 MHz	12.1 inches/307 mm, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 280X OC	950 MHz	1070 MHz	1550 MHz	11.02 inches/280 mm
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 280X Tri-X OC	1000 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	12.13 inches/308 mm
VisionTek R9 280X	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
VTX3D R9 280X	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
XFX Double D R9 280X	850 MHz	1000 MHz	1500 MHz	11.61 inches/295 mm, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort
XFX Double D R9 280X Black Edition	1000 MHz	1080 MHz	1550 MHz	11.61 inches/295 mm, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort