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AMD · GCN 1 · 2014

Radeon R9 280 (Tahiti Pro)

Memory3 GB47 of 104 in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Power250 W6 of 83 by higher draw in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Shaders1,79214 of 69 in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Launch price$24911 of 33 in Radeon R9/R7/R5

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

352 mm² die · 1,792 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 16 shaders.352 mm² die · 1,792 shadersEach dot = 16 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
3 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
384 bit
Bandwidth
240 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
1,792
TMUs
112
ROPs
32
Pixel fill rate
26.5 GP/s
Texture fill rate
92.6 GT/s

Board

TDP
250 W
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
249 USD

Physical

Architecture
GCN 1
Process
28 nm
Transistors
4.313 billion
Die size
352 mm²
Series
Radeon R9/R7/R5
Launch date
March 4, 2014

Not recorded by the source: generation, codename, sm count and base clock, or 5 further fields.

Catalog context

Within its series, the Radeon R9 280 (Tahiti Pro) ranks 47th of 104 for memory capacity. Its 250 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1364362273 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16