General info
The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.
Technical specs
Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.
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 970.
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 970 can be seen in this section.
Video outputs and ports
The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, the size and number of monitors.
Technologies
The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is the additional functionality.
API support
The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.
Gaming performance
Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 970 good for gaming.
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1280x720 |
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1920x1080 |
high
1920x1080 |
ultra
1920x1080 |
QHD
2560x1440 |
4K
3840x2160 |
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| Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) | AMD Radeon R9 280 | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | |||||||
| Death Stranding (2020) | AMD Radeon R9 280 | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | |||||||
| F1 2020 (2020) | AMD Radeon R9 280 | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | |||||||
| Gears Tactics (2020) | AMD Radeon R9 280 | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | |||||||
| Doom Eternal (2020) | AMD Radeon R9 280 | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | |||||||
| 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
More pipelines (1792 vs 1664)
More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
17.09% faster in synthetic tests
Cheaper ($290 (0.9x MSRP) vs $305 (1.1x MSRP))
Less power consumption (148 Watt vs 200 Watt)
More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)
G-SYNC support
So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970?
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 .
AMD Radeon R9 280 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 performance benchmarks comparison
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