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Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon R9 280
Intro
The Geforce GTX 760 comes with a core clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 280, which features GPU core speed of 933 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1250 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 1792 Stream Processors, 112 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.
Benchmarks
These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
| Radeon R9 280 |
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7961 points |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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5923 points |
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Ethereum Mining Hash Rate
| Radeon R9 280 |
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22 Mh/s |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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13 Mh/s |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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170 Watts |
| Radeon R9 280 |
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250 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon R9 280, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the Geforce GTX 760 overall. (explain)
| Radeon R9 280 |
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240000 MB/sec |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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192256 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon R9 280 is just a bit (approximately 11%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)| Radeon R9 280 |
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104496 Mtexels/sec |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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94080 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is superior to the Radeon R9 280, though not by far. (explain)| Geforce GTX 760 |
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31360 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon R9 280 |
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29856 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | Geforce GTX 760 | Radeon R9 280 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | June 2013 | March 2014 |
| Code Name | GK104 | Tahiti Pro |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 3072 MB |
| Core Speed | 980 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 6008 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 170 watts | 250 watts |
| Bandwidth | 192256 MB/sec | 240000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 94080 Mtexels/sec | 104496 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 31360 Mpixels/sec | 29856 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 1152 | 1792 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 96 | 112 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 3540 million | 4313 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.0 | DirectX 11.2 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.3 | OpenGL 4.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
Geforce GTX 760Amazon.com
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Radeon R9 280Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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Comments
2 Responses to “Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon R9 280”Now why the hell does the 760 cost so much?
Corey- Because the 760 is now obsolete and no longer in manufacture however in scenarios it outperforms its replacement so ther e is still demand for them. The 280 is also pretty obsolete now however it has no replacement. Also the 760 overclocks like a champ and can out perform a stock gtx 770.