NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

230
Place in performance rating
231
61.74
Value for money (0-100)
10.96
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK104
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
30 May 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$211 (0.5x MSRP)
Price now
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
14.82
Value for money
9.36
GK104
GPU code name
Thaiti XTL
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
2048
1046 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1085 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
230 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
134 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
128.0
3,333 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
98 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
1536
CUDA cores
no data
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1085 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
230 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
275 mm
One 8-pin and one 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data
600 Watt
Minimum recommended system power
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
7012 MHz
Memory clock speed
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224.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TressFX
1
no data
TrueAudio
+
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
UVD
+
+
Blu Ray 3D
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
3D Vision Live
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
PhysX
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon R9 280X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 280X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

0.47% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($211 (0.5x MSRP) vs $330 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (230 Watt vs 250 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280X

More pipelines (2048 vs 1536)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288 GB/s vs 224.3 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon R9 280X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 versus AMD Radeon R9 280X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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