GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 970
143%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 970
135%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| 35% higher gaming performance. |
| 102 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970
The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1664 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 13 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1050 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 56 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 104 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 148 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 970
64
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
32.1
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
114.7
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
79.6
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 970
55
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
112.5
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
101
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
42.3
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 970
62
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
76
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 970
79
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
62
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 970
53
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 970
61
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 970
41
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
20.6
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
70.2
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
50.5
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 970
40
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 970
73
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
83.5
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
69.4
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
25.7
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 970
43
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
44
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 970
55
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 970
54
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
45
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 970
42
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 970
44
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 970
25
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
20.9
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
33.8
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
24.7
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
49.3
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
41.6
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 970
17.7
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 970
23
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
20
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
26
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 970
25
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 970
24
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)