AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

General info

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

not rated
Place in performance rating
596
Value for money (0-100)
2.27
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Baffin
Code name
GT200
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)
$649
$78
Price now
$67 (0.1x MSRP)
4.0
GCN generation
no data
no data
Value for money
0.48
Baffin
GPU code name
GT200
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

1024
Pipelines
240
855 MHz
Core clock speed
602 MHz
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
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3,000 million
Transistor count
1,400 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
CUDA cores
240
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
3,000 million
Number of transistors
1,400 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
236 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

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 AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 can be seen in this section.

Memory type
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF

Technologies

The difference between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 is the additional functionality.

3D Vision
+
CUDA
+

API support

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

12 (12_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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 AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
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 AMD Baffin

More pipelines (1024 vs 240)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (80 W vs 236 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

4.66% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($67 (0.1x MSRP) vs $78)

So, AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 .

AMD Baffin versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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