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AMDGCN 1.0Released 2013Pricing updated Jul 20, 2026

Radeon R9 280X

Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB

Current used-market pricing is not yet reliable enough to estimate what a Radeon R9 280X Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB is worth. Use the range and sample size below to judge a fair buying or selling price.

Used min
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Lowest qualifying recent sold price.
Used median
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Median of recent qualifying sold prices.
Performance
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4.1 TFLOPS
Qualified sales
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Collected Jul 20, 2026

Current Radeon R9 280X Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB Valuation

A practical used-market estimate based on the latest qualifying sold-listing snapshot. The fair range uses the middle 50% of prices when those percentiles are available.

Typical used value
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Latest median qualified sale price.
Fair buying range
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Usually the 25th–75th percentile range.
Estimate confidence
Low
Based on 0 sales and 0 stored snapshots.
Price trend
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30 days

Pricing updated Jul 20, 2026, based on recent qualifying sold listings. Prices describe tracked market observations, not a guaranteed sale price.

Used Price History

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Current Percentile Snapshot

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GPU Information

Hardware specifications grouped into a readable reference sheet.

Identity

Brand
AMD
Model
Radeon R9 280X
Variant
Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB
GPU name
Tahiti
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Release date
Oct 8, 2013
Release year
2013
Reported production status
End-of-life

Pricing

MSRP
$299
Used minimum
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Used 25th percentile
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Used median
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Used 75th percentile
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Used max
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Current new price
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Retail price check
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Qualified sales count
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eBay retail listing
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Amazon retail listing
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Newegg retail listing
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Memory and Bus

Memory size
3 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Memory bus
384-bit
Bandwidth
288 GB/s
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe lanes
16
Process
28 nm

Clocks and Compute

GPU clock
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Base clock
850 MHz
Boost clock
1,000 MHz
Game clock
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Shading units
2,048
TMUs
128
ROPs
32
RT cores
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Tensor cores
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FP32 throughput
4.1 TFLOPS
Relative performance
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Physical

Slot width
Dual-slot
Length
275 mm
Board power
250 W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Outputs
2x DVI 1x HDMI 1.4a 1x DisplayPort 1.2

APIs and Snapshots

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
Latest snapshot
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Latest snapshot sample
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Radeon R9 280X Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB FAQ

Quick answers pulled from the latest tracked pricing and spec data.

When was the Radeon R9 280X Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB released?

The Radeon R9 280X Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB was released in 2013. Release year matters on the used market because it affects driver support, platform compatibility, and how much life the part likely has left.

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