AMD Radeon R9 280 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Full Specs

Summary

1,792 Shaders 933MHz	2,048 Shaders 3.13GHz
3GB GDDR5240GB/s	8GB GDDR6320GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 3.34 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 25.64 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 250W	TDP 150W
Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin 1x 6-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin -

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

Radeon R9 2803.34 TFLOPSFP32

x1

Radeon RX 9060 XT820.5 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x245.38

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed933MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed3130MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 3.34 TFLOPSFP32	Peak OPS 820.5 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 102.6 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 205.1 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 102.6 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 205.1 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 51.28 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 102.6 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 51.28 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 102.6 TFLOPS
-	BF16 51.28 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 51.28 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 102.6 TFLOPS
FP32 3.34 TFLOPS	FP32 25.64 TFLOPS
FP64 836 GFLOPS	FP64 801.3 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 410.3 TOPS
-	Tensor INT8 205.1 TOPS
Pixel Rate 29.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 200.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 104.5 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 400.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,792 Shaders	Shaders 2,048 Shaders
TMUs 112 TMUs	TMUs 128 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 64 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 64 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 32 RT-Cores
CUs 28 CUs	CUs 32 CUs

Clocks

Base Clock 827MHz	Base Clock 2.53GHz
Boost Clock 933MHz	Boost Clock 3.13GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 768KB shared	L2 Cache 4.1MB shared
L3 Cache -	L3 Cache 32MB shared
L3 Bandwidth -	L3 Bandwidth 1.13TB/s

Memory

3GB GDDR5	8GB GDDR6
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 5GT/s	Memory Speed 20GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 240GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 320GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 250W

TDP 150W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 2.1
1x DisplayPort 1.2	-
-	1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 1.4	-
1x DVI-D Dual-Link	-
1x DVI-I Dual-Link	-

Encoder

Encoder Model VCE 1.0

Encoder Model VCN 4.0

Decoder

Decoder Model UVD 3.2

Decoder Model VCN 4.0

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 2-Slots	PCIe 2-Slots
Height 110 mm (4.33") Width 275 mm (10.83") Depth 36 mm (1.42")	Height 111 mm (4.37") Width 204 mm (8.03") Depth 40 mm (1.57")
Cooling Blower 1x Fan	Cooling Open-Air 3x Fans
Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin, 1x 6-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer AMD	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture GCN 1	Architecture RDNA 4
Family Radeon R 200	Family Radeon RX 9000
Branding	Branding
Codename Tahiti	Codename -
Chip Variant Tahiti LE	Chip Variant Navi 44 XL
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 4, 2014	Release Date May 20, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 28nm	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 352mm²	Die Size 153mm²
Transistor Count 4.3 Billion	Transistor Count 29.7 Billion
Transistor Density 12.25 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 194.1 MTr/mm²

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