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AMD logo Radeon R9 280X
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 470

AMD Radeon R9 280X logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 logo
General information Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 470
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 1280 MB 58.3 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 607 MHz 39.3 %
Effective Clock 6400 MHz 0 % 3348 MHz 47.7 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 215 W 14 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 254 mm 18.1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 470
Overall Score 38469 0 % 28332 26.4 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14799 0 % 8027 45.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 724.9 0 % 404.4 44.2 %
Average DirectX performance 47.6 FPS 0 % 27.4 FPS 42.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 93.1 FPS 0 % 60.8 FPS 34.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 32.3 FPS 0 % 12.9 FPS 59.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 34.9 FPS 0 % 25 FPS 28.4 %
DirectX 12 performance 30.2 FPS 0 % 10.9 FPS 64 %
Graphic card computing 2880.1 operations/s 0 % 1016 operations/s 64.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280X, GeForce GTX 470.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 470
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.5 FPS 56.1 FPS
High settings 148.5 FPS 100.9 FPS
Medium settings 178.2 FPS 121.1 FPS
Low settings 249.5 FPS 169.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 32 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 280X, GeForce GTX 470.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 470
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.7 FPS 46.3 FPS
High settings 114.7 FPS 83.4 FPS
Medium settings 137.7 FPS 100.1 FPS
Low settings 192.7 FPS 140.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.3 %
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