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AMD logo Radeon R9 280
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590

AMD Radeon R9 280 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo
General information Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 590
Launched Q2 2012 Q1 2011
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 % 607 MHz 28.6 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 3456 MHz 42.4 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 W 45.2 % 365 W 0 %
Length 297 mm 0 % 292 mm 1.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 590
Overall Score 36522 0 % 29379 19.6 %
Future Proof 20 % 0 % 11 % 45 %
Benchmark Score 13339 0 % 8632 35.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 691.7 0 % 396.4 42.7 %
Average DirectX performance 43 FPS 0 % 34.3 FPS 20.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 85.3 FPS 0 % 73.3 FPS 14.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 29.7 FPS 0 % 18.1 FPS 39.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 31.2 FPS 30.4 % 44.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 25.8 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 96.2 %
Graphic card computing 2460.7 operations/s 0 % 1163.2 operations/s 52.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280, GeForce GTX 590.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.4 FPS 58.7 FPS
High settings 139.2 FPS 105.7 FPS
Medium settings 167.1 FPS 126.9 FPS
Low settings 233.9 FPS 177.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.1 %

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 590.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280 GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.4 FPS 48.2 FPS
High settings 108.7 FPS 86.7 FPS
Medium settings 130.4 FPS 104.0 FPS
Low settings 182.6 FPS 145.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.2 %
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