GeForce RTX 3070 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce RTX 3070
590%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3070 |
| 490% higher gaming performance. |
| 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) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 RTX 3070
The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA104 (GA104-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 17,400 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 5888 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 46 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 184 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 220 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Sep 2020 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce RTX 3070
110.40 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
317.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
448.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
20310.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3070
186
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3070
140
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)