Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 970 outperforms Radeon R9 280X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 970 is 346 days newer than Radeon R9 280X.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 16% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Radeon R9 280X - 64 vs 55 FPS
- Consumes up to 41% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 148 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 4 vs 3 GB
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
95%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | AMD Radeon R9 280X |
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Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 8th, 2013 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
$329 | MSRP | $299 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 288 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 850 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |