GeForce GTX 780 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 780
125%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780
119%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| 19% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 780
The GeForce GTX 780 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 780
79
Radeon R9 280X
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 780
93
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
55
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
65
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
80
Radeon R9 280X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 780
58
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
52
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
68
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
39
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
57
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
36
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
73
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
47
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
54
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
29
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
43
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
19
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
23
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)