AMD Radeon R9 280X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R9 280X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.5 billion / sec
Around 52% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1344
Around 67% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 5345
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 537
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 89.187 vs 41.613
Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1434.496 vs 971.208
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.656 vs 4.281
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.459 vs 40.404
5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 493.57 vs 86.208
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 7038
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 7038
Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2351 vs 1839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 10 May 2012
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.5 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 1344
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138 vs 5345
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187 vs 41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496 vs 971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656 vs 4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459 vs 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57 vs 86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603 vs 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700 vs 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603 vs 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700 vs 3686
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351 vs 1839

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 250 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6138

5345

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

537

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

89.187

41.613

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1434.496

971.208

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.656

4.281

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.459

40.404

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

493.57

86.208

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9603

7038

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3700

3686

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9603

7038

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3700

3686

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3361

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2351

1839

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138	5345
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187	41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496	971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656	4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459	40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57	86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351	1839
Geekbench - OpenCL		15511

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Tahiti	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	10 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$399
Place in performance rating	372	554
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$474.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1344
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	3,540 million
Core clock speed		980 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	Two 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		6.0 GB/s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA