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AMD logo Radeon R9 280X
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 550 Ti

AMD Radeon R9 280X logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti logo
General information Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 900 MHz 10 %
Effective Clock 6400 MHz 0 % 4800 MHz 25 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 116 W 53.6 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 242 mm 21.9 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Overall Score 38464 0 % 20027 47.9 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14794 0 % 4011 72.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 724.2 0 % 373.5 48.4 %
Average DirectX performance 47.7 FPS 0 % 16.2 FPS 66 %
DirectX 9 performance 93.5 FPS 0 % 41 FPS 56.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 32.3 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 78.3 %
DirectX 11 performance 35.1 FPS 0 % 10.9 FPS 68.9 %
DirectX 12 performance 29.9 FPS 0 % 6 FPS 80.1 %
Graphic card computing 2898.9 operations/s 0 % 708.2 operations/s 75.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280X, GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.9 FPS 35.0 FPS
High settings 149.3 FPS 63.1 FPS
Medium settings 179.1 FPS 75.7 FPS
Low settings 250.8 FPS 105.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.8 %

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 550 Ti.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.3 FPS 32.0 FPS
High settings 115.7 FPS 57.6 FPS
Medium settings 138.9 FPS 69.1 FPS
Low settings 194.4 FPS 96.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.2 %
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