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AMD logo Radeon R9 280
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 580

AMD Radeon R9 280 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 logo
General information Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 580
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 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 850 MHz 0 % 772 MHz 9.2 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 4212 MHz 29.8 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 W 18 % 244 W 0 %
Length 297 mm 10 % 330 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 580
Overall Score 36522 0 % 34346 6 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13339 0 % 11796 11.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 691.7 0 % 477 31 %
Average DirectX performance 43 FPS 0 % 41.5 FPS 3.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 85.3 FPS 3.6 % 88.5 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 29.7 FPS 0 % 22.2 FPS 25.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 31.2 FPS 22.7 % 40.4 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 25.8 FPS 0 % 14.9 FPS 42.2 %
Graphic card computing 2460.7 operations/s 0 % 1473.8 operations/s 40.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280, GeForce GTX 580.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.4 FPS 71.7 FPS
High settings 139.2 FPS 129.0 FPS
Medium settings 167.1 FPS 154.8 FPS
Low settings 233.9 FPS 216.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.4 %

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 GTX 580.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.4 FPS 56.7 FPS
High settings 108.7 FPS 102.0 FPS
Medium settings 130.4 FPS 122.4 FPS
Low settings 182.6 FPS 171.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.1 %
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