GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X Rev. 3 vs MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z

Comparison of GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X Rev. 3 with 3 GB GDDR5 and 2,048 cores vs MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z with 32 GB GDDR7 and 21,760 cores.

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Performance Rating

MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z outperforms GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X Rev. 3 by 1,248.29% in the overall GPU ARK performance rating

A100 A100
H200 H200
MI325X MI325X

GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X Rev. 3

3.5

GIGABYTE R9 280X WindForce 3X Rev. 3

3.5
RX 7900 XTX RX 7900 XTX
MI250 MI250
Instinct MI300X Instinct MI300X

MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z

47.2

MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z

47.2

Contents:

Memory ML Performance Compute Power Architecture & Compatibility ML Software Support Clocks & Performance Power Consumption Rendering Additional

Memory

Memory Size

3 GB
🔥 +967% 32 ГБ

Memory Type

GDDR5 GDDR7

Memory Bandwidth

288.0 GB/s
🔥 1.79 TB/s

Memory Bus Width

384 бит 512 бит

ML Performance

FP16 (Half Precision)

No
🔥 118.8 TFLOPS

BF16 (Brain Float)

No No

TF32 (TensorFloat)

No No

Compute Power

FP32 (Single Precision)

4.096 TFLOPS
🔥 +2,800% 118.8 TFLOPS

FP64 (Double Precision)

1.024 TFLOPS
🔥 +81% 1.856 TFLOPS

CUDA Cores

2,048
🔥 +962% 21,760

RT Cores

No
🔥 170

Architecture & Compatibility

GPU Architecture

GCN 1.0 Blackwell 2.0

SM (Streaming Multiprocessor)

No
🔥 170

PCIe Version

PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16

ML Software Support

CUDA Version

No 12.0

Clocks & Performance

Base Clock

850
🔥 +137% 2,017

Boost Clock

1,000
🔥 +173% 2,730

Memory Clock

1,500
🔥 +17% 1,750

Power Consumption

Recommended PSU

🔥 -57% 600 W
1400 W

Power Connector

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
🔥 +100% 2x 16-pin

TDP/TGP

🔥 -75% 250 W
1000 W

Rendering

Texture Units (TMU)

128
🔥 +431% 680

ROP

No
🔥 170

L2 Cache

768 KB
🔥 96 MB

Additional

Slots

Dual-slot Triple-slot

Release Date

Oct. 8, 2013 Jan. 6, 2026

Display Outputs

2x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2

1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 2.1b
3x DisplayPort 2.1b

1x HDMI 2.1b
3x DisplayPort 2.1b
1x USB Type-C

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