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General information Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTS 250
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 % 1024 MB 66.7 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 738 MHz 26.2 %
Effective Clock 6400 MHz 0 % 2000 MHz 68.8 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 150 W 40 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 241 mm 22.3 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTS 250
Overall Score 38470 0 % 12461 67.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14800 0 % 1553 89.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 727.1 0 % 58.5 92 %
Average DirectX performance 47.8 FPS 0 % 6.3 FPS 86.8 %
DirectX 9 performance 94.3 FPS 0 % 23.2 FPS 75.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 32 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 93.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 35.2 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 29.7 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2897.4 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 280X, GeForce GTS 250.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.7 FPS 17.5 FPS
High settings 148.9 FPS 31.6 FPS
Medium settings 178.7 FPS 37.9 FPS
Low settings 250.1 FPS 53.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 78.8 %

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 GTS 250.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.9 FPS 18.9 FPS
High settings 114.9 FPS 34.1 FPS
Medium settings 137.9 FPS 40.9 FPS
Low settings 193.1 FPS 57.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 70.3 %
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