GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Radeon R9 280X
105%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Radeon R9 280X
123%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| 23% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 960 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jan 2015 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 960
46
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
19.7
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
71.5
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
49.2
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 960
34
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
94.5
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
66.4
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
26.3
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 960
42
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 960
42
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 960
53
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 960
36
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 960
40
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 960
28
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
10.4
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
43.7
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
31.2
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 960
25
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 960
47
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
68.3
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
45.9
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
15.8
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 960
27
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 960
27
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 960
37
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 960
34
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 960
27
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 960
29
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 960
17
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
9.6
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
20.9
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
14.4
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
38.9
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
28
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
10.5
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 960
10
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 960
9
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 960
14
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 960
7
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)