AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
341
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Value for money (0-100)
29.73
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Tahiti
Code name
GM107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
18 February 2014 (7 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$119
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$326 (2.7x MSRP)
reference
Design
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10.12
Value for money
3.59
Tahiti
GPU code name
GM107
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
512
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Core clock speed
1020 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
1085 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
55 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
34.72
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,111 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
95 °C
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CUDA cores
512
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
1085 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
55 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 GTX 750.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
5.7" (14.5 cm)
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (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 Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
5.0 GB/s
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
3 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 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 GTX 750 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 GTX 750
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
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

10.05% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($305 (1.1x MSRP) vs $326 (2.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (1792 vs 512)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 80 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750

Less power consumption (55 Watt vs 200 Watt)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 performance benchmarks comparison

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