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AMD logo Radeon R9 280
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 650

AMD Radeon R9 280 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 logo
General information Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 650
Launched Q2 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 2048 MB 33.3 %
Core Clock 850 MHz 19.7 % 1058 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0.1 % 6008 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 W 0 % 64 W 68 %
Length 297 mm 0 % 245 mm 17.5 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 650
Overall Score 36523 0 % 21263 41.8 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13339 0 % 4521 66.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 695.1 0 % 356.8 48.7 %
Average DirectX performance 43.5 FPS 0 % 16 FPS 63.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 86.8 FPS 0 % 36.1 FPS 58.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 29.9 FPS 0 % 6.9 FPS 76.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 31 FPS 0 % 13.9 FPS 55.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 26.2 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 73.1 %
Graphic card computing 2470.6 operations/s 0 % 832.1 operations/s 66.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280, GeForce GTX 650.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.4 FPS 38.0 FPS
High settings 139.3 FPS 68.4 FPS
Medium settings 167.1 FPS 82.0 FPS
Low settings 233.9 FPS 114.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.9 %

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 280, GeForce GTX 650.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.4 FPS 34.2 FPS
High settings 108.7 FPS 61.6 FPS
Medium settings 130.4 FPS 73.9 FPS
Low settings 182.6 FPS 103.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.3 %
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