GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 760
100%
Radeon R9 280X
127%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 760
100%
Radeon R9 280X
138%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760 |
| 80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 38% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (39 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-225-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 | 1152 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 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 760 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jun 2013 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 760
23.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
94.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
2258.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
8600
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 760
30
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
18
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
69.8
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
46.3
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 760
34
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
72.7
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
50.2
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
28.5
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 760
35
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 760
46
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 760
22
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 760
20
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
9.9
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
42.8
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
30.1
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 760
24
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 760
41
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
52.7
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
34.7
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
17
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 760
23
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 760
31
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 760
37
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 760
17
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 760
12
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
9.4
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
20
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
14.5
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
29.7
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
20.1
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
9.7
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 760
6
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 760
9
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 760
54
Radeon R9 280X
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 760
64
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 760
39
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 760
52
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 760
54
Radeon R9 280X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 760
41
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)