Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 780 vs Radeon R9 280X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 780
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 23 May 2013
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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 780125%
- Radeon R9 280X100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 780119%
- Radeon R9 280X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 780
- 19% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 780
The GeForce GTX 780 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 12 | 32 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 78041.40 GP/s
- Radeon R9 280X27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 780166.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 280X109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 780288.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 280X288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 7803977.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 280X3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 78013770
- Radeon R9 280X10960
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 78079
- Radeon R9 280X72
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 78093
- Radeon R9 280X69
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 78055
- Radeon R9 280X42
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 78065
- Radeon R9 280X69
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 78080
- Radeon R9 280X67
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 78058
- Radeon R9 280X50
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX 78052
- Radeon R9 280X40
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 78068
- Radeon R9 280X63
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 78039
- Radeon R9 280X30
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 78057
- Radeon R9 280X47
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX 78036
- Radeon R9 280X33
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 78073
- Radeon R9 280X48
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 78047
- Radeon R9 280X47
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 78054
- Radeon R9 280X51
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 78029
- Radeon R9 280X25
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 78043
- Radeon R9 280X36
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 78019
- Radeon R9 280X16
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 78023
- Radeon R9 280X18
FPS (higher is better)