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General information Radeon R9 280X GeForce GT 740
Launched Q3 2012 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 1024 MB 66.7 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 993 MHz 0.7 %
Effective Clock 6400 MHz 0 % 5000 MHz 21.9 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 64 W 74.4 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 190 mm 38.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 280X GeForce GT 740
Overall Score 38464 0 % 19636 48.9 %
Future Proof 21 % 36.4 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14794 0 % 3856 73.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 724.2 0 % 339.9 53.1 %
Average DirectX performance 47.7 FPS 0 % 13 FPS 72.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 93.5 FPS 0 % 29 FPS 69 %
DirectX 10 performance 32.3 FPS 0 % 5 FPS 84.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 35.1 FPS 0 % 12 FPS 65.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 29.9 FPS 0 % 6 FPS 79.9 %
Graphic card computing 2898.9 operations/s 0 % 711.4 operations/s 75.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280X, GeForce GT 740.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X GeForce GT 740
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.9 FPS 34.1 FPS
High settings 149.3 FPS 61.3 FPS
Medium settings 179.1 FPS 73.6 FPS
Low settings 250.8 FPS 103.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 58.9 %

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 GT 740.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X GeForce GT 740
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.3 FPS 31.3 FPS
High settings 115.7 FPS 56.3 FPS
Medium settings 138.9 FPS 67.6 FPS
Low settings 194.4 FPS 94.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.3 %
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