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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 280
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AMD logo Radeon HD 3850

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 logo AMD Radeon HD 3850 logo
General information GeForce GTX 280 Radeon HD 3850
Launched Q3 2012 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 1024 MB 0 % 1024 MB 0 %
Core Clock 602 MHz 9.9 % 668 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 10 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 236 W 0 % 75 W 68.2 %
Performance GeForce GTX 280 Radeon HD 3850
Overall Score 18320 0 % 10076 45 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 16 % 23.8 %
Benchmark Score 3356 0 % 1015 69.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 61.8 0 % 30 51.4 %
Average DirectX performance 8.5 FPS 0 % 4.5 FPS 46.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 26 FPS 0 % 16 FPS 38.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 7.9 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 74.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
Graphic card computing 0 operations/s NaN % 0 operations/s NaN %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 280, Radeon HD 3850.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 280 Radeon HD 3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 30.8 FPS 13.2 FPS
High settings 55.4 FPS 23.7 FPS
Medium settings 66.4 FPS 28.5 FPS
Low settings 93.0 FPS 39.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.2 %

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 GeForce GTX 280, Radeon HD 3850.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 280 Radeon HD 3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 29.2 FPS 15.1 FPS
High settings 52.6 FPS 27.1 FPS
Medium settings 63.1 FPS 32.6 FPS
Low settings 88.3 FPS 45.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 48.3 %
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