Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R9 280X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 590
1536 Mb GDDR5
Released 24 Mar 2011
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AMD
Radeon R9 280X
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 590100%
- Radeon R9 280X112%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 590102%
- Radeon R9 280X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 590
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 280X
- 115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 590 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-351-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 512 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 32 |
| Core clock | 608 MHz | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit x2 | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 854 MHz
3416 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 590 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| TDP | 365 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 24 Mar 2011 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 59039.00 GP/s
- Radeon R9 280X27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 59077.80 GT/s
- Radeon R9 280X109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 590328.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 280X288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5902488.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 280X3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5909740
- Radeon R9 280X10960
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 59047
- Radeon R9 280X42
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 59062
- Radeon R9 280X67
FPS (higher is better)