NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
231
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Value for money (0-100)
10.96
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK110B
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
10 September 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$649
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$270 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
9.36
GK110B
GPU code name
Thaiti XTL
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
2048
863 MHz
Core clock speed
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902 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
7,080 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
173.2
Texture fill rate
128.0
4,156 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
902 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
7,080 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
275 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
6008 MHz
Memory clock speed
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288.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
+
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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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
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 or AMD Radeon R9 280X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
AMD Radeon R9 280X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
AMD Radeon R9 280X
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

Cheaper ($270 (0.4x MSRP) vs $330 (1.1x MSRP))

More pipelines (2304 vs 2048)

More memory bandwidth (288.4 GB/s vs 288 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280X

28.03% faster in synthetic tests

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 or AMD Radeon R9 280X?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 versus AMD Radeon R9 280X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 280X