AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 is a graphics card. It has 3 GB of video memory and a 300 W board power rating. It scores 4,765 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 24 recorded fields
Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and AMD.com Specifications. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 scores 4,765 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 79.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #567), measured across 7,473 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 691.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 3 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 11.2/12.0 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2012-06-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 is equipped with 3 GB of memory.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 has a board power rating of 300 W, a total board power of 300 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280.
Display outputs
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 offers outputs HDMI, Dual Link DVI.
Naming and aliases
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon HD 7950 and ASUS R9 280 Series.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 have?
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 has 3 GB of video memory.
How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 has a board power rating of 300 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280?
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 scores 4,765 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 79.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #567.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 use?
The AMD Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.