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Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR GDDR6 1695 MHz Boost 14 Gbps 256-bit 3xDP1.4 HDMI PCIE4.0 (RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR)

Buy for CA$899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 177 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR GDDR6 1695 MHz Boost 14 Gbps 256-bit 3xDP1.4 HDMI PCIE4.0 (RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR)

Buy for CA$899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 177 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 2464 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Performs up to 53% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Radeon R9 280 - 247 vs 161 FPS
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 8 vs 3 GB
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Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014


FPS

161

65%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


FPS

247

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$3.64/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$899.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR GDDR6 1695 MHz Boost 14 Gbps 256-bit 3xDP1.4 HDMI PCIE4.0 (RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR)

Buy for CA$899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 177 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

22%

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

41%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo

Radeon R9 280

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Mar 4th, 2014
Dec 1st, 2020
Volcanic IslandsGeForce 30
$279
$399
1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-pin
Desktop
Desktop
3 GB
8 GB
GDDR5GDDR6
384-bit256-bit
240 GB/s
448 GB/s
827 MHz
1410 MHz
933 MHz
1665 MHz
1250 MHz
1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 280 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

With selected game settings

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