Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

Geforce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

The Geforce GTX 680 has a core clock frequency of 1006 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1536 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 280X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 850 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

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 280X 8886 points
Geforce GTX 680 7650 points
Difference: 1236 (16%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280X 21 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 680 16 Mh/s
Difference: 5 (31%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 680 195 Watts
Radeon R9 280X 250 Watts
Difference: 55 Watts (28%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 280X should be a lot faster than the Geforce GTX 680 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X 288000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 680 192256 MB/sec
Difference: 95744 (50%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 is a little bit (more or less 18%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 280X. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680 128768 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280X 108800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 19968 (18%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 should be just a bit (more or less 18%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 280X, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680 32192 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X 27200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4992 (18%)

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

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Geforce GTX 680

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon R9 280X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model Geforce GTX 680 Radeon R9 280X
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year March 2012 October 2013
Code Name GK104 Tahiti XTL
Memory 2048 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 1006 MHz 850 MHz
Memory Speed 6008 MHz 6000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 195 watts 250 watts
Bandwidth 192256 MB/sec 288000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 128768 Mtexels/sec 108800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 32192 Mpixels/sec 27200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1536 2048
Texture Mapping Units 128 128
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 4.2 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Geforce GTX 680

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon R9 280X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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.

Comments

One Response to “Geforce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 280X”
XFX FTW says:

XFX R9 280X WIN

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield