Radeon R9 280
AMD graphics card · Radeon 200 series · launched March 2014
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon R9 280 launched at $249 in 2014. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $348 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 40% rise over 12 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2014 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon 200 series |
| Launched | March 2014 |
| Launch price | $249 |
| Architecture | GCN 1 |
| Chip | Radeon R9 280 (Tahiti Pro) |
| Memory | 3 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 384-bit |
| Core clock | 827 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 3.34 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 250 W (TBP) |
| Transistors | 4.3 billion |
| Die size | 352 mm² |
| Process | 28 nm |
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| Tier | 80-class |
The AMD 80-class over time
AMD graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 5830 | 2010 | $239 | $363 | — |
| Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition | 2010 | $479 | $727 | — |
| Radeon HD 6850 | 2010 | $179 | $272 | — |
| Radeon HD 6870 | 2010 | $239 | $363 | — |
| Radeon HD 7850 | 2012 | $250 | $360 | — |
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | 2012 | $350 | $504 | — |
| Radeon HD 7870 XT | 2012 | $270 | $389 | — |
| Radeon R9 280X | 2013 | $299 | $425 | — |
| Radeon R9 280 | 2014 | $249 | $348 | — |
| Radeon R9 285 | 2014 | $249 | $348 | — |
| Radeon R9 380 | 2015 | $199 | $278 | — |
| Radeon R9 380X | 2015 | $229 | $320 | — |
| Radeon RX 480 | 2016 | $199 | $274 | — |
| Radeon RX 580 | 2017 | $199 | $269 | 358 |
| Radeon RX 580 2048SP | 2018 | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 6800 | 2020 | $579 | $740 | 1,954 |
Compare with
- Radeon R9 285 · 2014 · $249
- Radeon R9 270X · 2013 · $199
- Radeon R9 280X · 2013 · $299
- Radeon R9 380 · 2015 · $199
- Radeon R9 380X · 2015 · $229
- Radeon R9 390 · 2015 · $329
- GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 · 2014 · $229
- GeForce GTX 970 · 2014 · $329 · 257
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