AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
283
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Kepler
Tahiti
Code name
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Desktop
Type
Laptop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
30 May 2013 (8 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
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$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$149
reference
Design
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10.12
Value for money
10.19
Tahiti
GPU code name
no data
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
1536
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Core clock speed
850 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
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4,313 million
Transistor count
2x 2540 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
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3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
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4,313 million
Number of transistors
2x 2540 Million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
130 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 765M SLI.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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275 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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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 765M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 128 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
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-
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
-
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
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1
TressFX
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+
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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Verde Drivers
+
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
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+
Vulkan
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5.1
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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-
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 765M SLI 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 765M SLI 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 765M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI
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

4.51% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1792 vs 1536)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2x 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI

Cheaper ($149 vs $305 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (130 Watt vs 200 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 280
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI