NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 210 billion / sec vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Around 41% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 2048
Around 30% better floating-point performance: 5,345 gflops vs 4,096 gflops
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9457 vs 6138
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2001.15 vs 1434.496
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10021 vs 9603
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10021 vs 9603
Around 44% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3390 vs 2351

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 November 2013 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	210 billion / sec vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5,345 gflops vs 4,096 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9457 vs 6138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2001.15 vs 1434.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10021 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10021 vs 9603
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3390 vs 2351

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 928 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 632
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 89.187 vs 75.429
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.656 vs 6.854
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.459 vs 58.067
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 493.57 vs 182.11

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 928 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187 vs 75.429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656 vs 6.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459 vs 58.067
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57 vs 182.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9457

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

632

675

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

75.429

89.187

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2001.15

1434.496

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.854

7.656

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

58.067

87.459

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

182.11

493.57

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10021

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10021

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3390

2351

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti	AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark	9457	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	632	675
Geekbench - OpenCL	28360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	75.429	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2001.15	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.854	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	58.067	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	182.11	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10021	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10021	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3390	2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK110B	Tahiti
Launch date	7 November 2013	8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$299
Place in performance rating	393	372
Price now	$749.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.80
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	928 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	875 MHz
CUDA cores	2880
Floating-point performance	5,345 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2880	2048
Texture fill rate	210 billion / sec	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	4,313 million
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
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
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	336 GB / s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)