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AMD logo Radeon R9 255
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 280

AMD Radeon R9 255 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 logo
General information Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 280
Launched Q2 2014 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 1024 MB 50 %
Core Clock 900 MHz 0 % 602 MHz 33.1 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Performance Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 280
Overall Score 19402 0 % 18320 5.6 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 21 % 36.4 %
Benchmark Score 3764 0 % 3356 10.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 391.2 0 % 61.8 84.2 %
Average DirectX performance 11.8 FPS 0 % 8.5 FPS 28.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 25.1 FPS 3.5 % 26 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 4 FPS 50 % 7.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 10.1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 8.1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 713.1 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 255, GeForce GTX 280.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 33.4 FPS 30.8 FPS
High settings 60.1 FPS 55.4 FPS
Medium settings 72.1 FPS 66.4 FPS
Low settings 100.9 FPS 93.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %

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 255, GeForce GTX 280.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 31.0 FPS 29.2 FPS
High settings 55.8 FPS 52.6 FPS
Medium settings 67.0 FPS 63.1 FPS
Low settings 93.8 FPS 88.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.8 %
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