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AMD logo Radeon R9 280X
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590

AMD Radeon R9 280X logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo
General information Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 590
Launched Q3 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 1000 MHz 0 % 607 MHz 39.3 %
Effective Clock 6400 MHz 0 % 3456 MHz 46 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 31.5 % 365 W 0 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 292 mm 5.8 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 590
Overall Score 38469 0 % 29380 23.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 11 % 47.6 %
Benchmark Score 14799 0 % 8632 41.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 724.9 0 % 390.8 46.1 %
Average DirectX performance 47.6 FPS 0 % 34.2 FPS 28.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 93.1 FPS 0 % 72.9 FPS 21.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 32.3 FPS 0 % 17.9 FPS 44.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 34.9 FPS 22.1 % 44.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 30.2 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 96.7 %
Graphic card computing 2880.1 operations/s 0 % 1143.6 operations/s 60.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.5 FPS 58.7 FPS
High settings 148.5 FPS 105.7 FPS
Medium settings 178.2 FPS 126.9 FPS
Low settings 249.5 FPS 177.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.8 %

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 280X, GeForce GTX 590.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.7 FPS 48.2 FPS
High settings 114.7 FPS 86.7 FPS
Medium settings 137.7 FPS 104.0 FPS
Low settings 192.7 FPS 145.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.4 %
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