GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 690
162%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 690
146%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 690 |
| 46% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 690 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GTX 690
The GeForce GTX 690 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-355-A2) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 690 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 3 May 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 690
58.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 690
234.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 690
384.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 690
5622.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 690
17860
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 690
98
Radeon R9 280X
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 690
118
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 690
78
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 690
72
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 690
68
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)