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GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon R9 280X

GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon R9 280X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 1080 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 1080 is 962 days newer than Radeon R9 280X.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

  • Performs up to 17% better in Far Cry 3 than Radeon R9 280X - 165 vs 141 FPS
  • Consumes up to 28% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 180 vs 250 Watts
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 8 vs 3 GB
This is a free version of Far Cry 3.
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016


FPS

165

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.89/FPS

100%

Price, €

€146.08

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)

Buy for 146.08 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 16 minutes ago

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013


FPS

141

85%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

110.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

277.3 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

32 GPixel/s

28%

Texel Fillrate

128 GTexel/s

46%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

vs
AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo

AMD Radeon R9 280X

May 27th, 2016
Release DateOct 8th, 2013
GeForce 10GenerationVolcanic Islands
$599MSRP
$299
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8 GB
Memory3 GB
GDDR5XTypeGDDR5
256-bitBus384-bit
320.3 GB/s
Bandwidth288 GB/s
1607 MHz
Base Clock Speed850 MHz
1733 MHz
Boost Clock Speed1000 MHz
1251 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1500 MHz

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