AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

General info

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

237
Place in performance rating
146
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Value for money (0-100)
10.25
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Kepler
Tahiti
Code name
GK110B
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
28 May 2014 (7 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$2,999
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1150 (0.4x MSRP)
reference
Design
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10.12
Value for money
7.31
Tahiti
GPU code name
GK110B
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

1792
Pipelines
2880
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Core clock speed
705 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
876 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
7,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
375 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
338 billion/sec
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 5,046 gflops
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CUDA cores
5760
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2880
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
876 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
7,080 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
375 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 TITAN Z.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
Two 8-pin
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 TITAN Z can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
672 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z, 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 HDMI, One DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 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 TITAN Z 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
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
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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 TITAN Z. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_1)
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 TITAN Z 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 TITAN Z 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 TITAN Z
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
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

Cheaper ($305 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1150 (0.4x MSRP))

Less power consumption (200 Watt vs 375 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

12.43% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2880 vs 1792)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (672 GB/s vs 240 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z performance benchmarks comparison

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