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Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3050: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon R9 280

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

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Radeon R9 280

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $279

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $249

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD Graphics Card

MegaPC NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3050 Video Card GPU 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card 1 HDMI 3 DisplayPorts Gaming Desktop Tower Business Computer PC (Made_by_Dell)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X XS White 8G OC (8GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1807MHz/14000MHz)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3050 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 3050 is 2863 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050

Performs up to 61% better in Alan Wake 2 than Radeon R9 280 - 45 vs 28 FPS
Consumes up to 35% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 130 vs 200 Watts
Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 8 vs 3 GB

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Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

FPS

28

62%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

FPS

45

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.4/FPS

100%

Price, €

€153.14

100%

FPS and Value Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

Buy for €153.14 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2128 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

392

FPS

357

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

83

FPS

47

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

652

FPS

557

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

389

FPS

386

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

105

FPS

83

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

53%

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

73%

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280	vs	GeForce RTX 3050
Mar 4th, 2014	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$279	MSRP	$249
1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
3 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	128-bit
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
827 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1552 MHz
933 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1777 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz

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