GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 580
100%
Radeon R9 280X
166%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 580
100%
Radeon R9 280X
153%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| 53% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 772 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 244 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Nov 2010 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
6600
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
29
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 580
47
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
27
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 580
34
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)