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AMD logo Radeon R9 280
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTS 250

AMD Radeon R9 280 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 logo
General information Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTS 250
Launched Q2 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 1024 MB 66.7 %
Core Clock 850 MHz 0 % 738 MHz 13.2 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 2000 MHz 66.7 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 W 0 % 150 W 25 %
Length 297 mm 0 % 241 mm 18.9 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTS 250
Overall Score 36523 0 % 12471 65.9 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13339 0 % 1555 88.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 695.1 0 % 59 91.5 %
Average DirectX performance 43.5 FPS 0 % 6.3 FPS 85.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 86.8 FPS 0 % 23.1 FPS 73.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 29.9 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 93.3 %
DirectX 11 performance 31 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 26.2 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2470.6 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280, GeForce GTS 250.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.4 FPS 17.6 FPS
High settings 139.3 FPS 31.6 FPS
Medium settings 167.1 FPS 38.0 FPS
Low settings 233.9 FPS 53.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 77.3 %

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 280, GeForce GTS 250.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.4 FPS 19.2 FPS
High settings 108.7 FPS 34.5 FPS
Medium settings 130.4 FPS 41.4 FPS
Low settings 182.6 FPS 58.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 68.2 %
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