Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon R9 280X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 690
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 3 May 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 280X
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 690162%
- Radeon R9 280X100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 690146%
- Radeon R9 280X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 690
- 46% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 the Radeon R9 280X
- 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 690 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 690
The GeForce GTX 690 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-355-A2) | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 32 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 3 May 2012 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 69058.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 280X27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 690234.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 280X109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 690384.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 280X288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6905622.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 280X3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 69017860
- Radeon R9 280X10960
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 69098
- Radeon R9 280X72
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 690118
- Radeon R9 280X69
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 69078
- Radeon R9 280X42
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 69072
- Radeon R9 280X69
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 69068
- Radeon R9 280X50
FPS (higher is better)