AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
1059
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Tesla
Tahiti
Code name
G96
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
29 July 2008 (13 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$11.12
reference
Design
no data
10.12
Value for money
0.36
Tahiti
GPU code name
G96
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
32
no data
Core clock speed
550 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,313 million
Transistor count
314 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
40 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
8.800
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,313 million
Number of transistors
314 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
40 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
275 mm
Length
no data
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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 AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR2
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
1008 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16.13 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
3.3
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS 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 Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
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 Radeon R9 280

24.43% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1792 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 16.13 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS

Cheaper ($11.12 vs $305 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (40 Watt vs 200 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 3 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280 .

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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