Key Differences
In short — Radeon R9 280 outperforms GeForce GTS 250 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon R9 280 is 1826 days newer than GeForce GTS 250.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
- Consumes up to 25% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 150 vs 200 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280
- Performs up to 8% better in New World than GeForce GTS 250 - 68 vs 63 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 3 vs 1 GB
New World
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTS 250
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
29.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
104.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 | vs | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4th, 2009 | Release Date | Mar 4th, 2014 |
| GeForce 200 | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
$199 | MSRP | $279 |
| 2x DVI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 64.51 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| 675 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 827 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 933 MHz |
| 1008 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
