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AMD logo Radeon R9 280X
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 460

AMD Radeon R9 280X logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 logo
General information Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 460
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 % 768 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 675 MHz 32.5 %
Effective Clock 6400 MHz 0 % 4050 MHz 36.7 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 150 W 40 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 292 mm 5.8 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 460
Overall Score 38469 0 % 24185 37.1 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14799 0 % 5849 60.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 724.9 0 % 383.8 47.1 %
Average DirectX performance 47.6 FPS 0 % 21.2 FPS 55.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 93.1 FPS 0 % 49.9 FPS 46.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 32.3 FPS 0 % 10 FPS 69.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 34.9 FPS 0 % 17 FPS 51.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 30.2 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 73.5 %
Graphic card computing 2880.1 operations/s 0 % 970.2 operations/s 66.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280X, GeForce GTX 460.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.5 FPS 45.4 FPS
High settings 148.5 FPS 81.7 FPS
Medium settings 178.2 FPS 98.0 FPS
Low settings 249.5 FPS 137.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 45 %

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 460.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.7 FPS 39.2 FPS
High settings 114.7 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 137.7 FPS 84.7 FPS
Low settings 192.7 FPS 118.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.5 %
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