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Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce RTX 4080

Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce RTX 4080: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4080

16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Logo
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2505Mhz, RGB, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4080EAGLE-16GD

Buy for £1,291.77 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 55 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4080

16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Logo
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2505Mhz, RGB, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4080EAGLE-16GD

Buy for £1,291.77 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 55 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4080 outperforms Radeon R9 280X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 4080 is 3269 days newer than Radeon R9 280X.

Advantages of Radeon R9 280X

  • Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 - 250 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4080

  • Performs up to 193% better in Elden Ring than Radeon R9 280X - 135 vs 46 FPS
  • Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 16 vs 3 GB
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013


FPS

46

34%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Logo
GeForce RTX 4080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022


FPS

135

100%

Value, £/FPS

£9.57/FPS

100%

Price, £

£1291.77

100%

FPS and Value Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2505Mhz, RGB, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4080EAGLE-16GD

Buy for £1,291.77 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 55 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Logo
GeForce RTX 4080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

32 GPixel/s

11%

Texel Fillrate

128 GTexel/s

17%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Logo
GeForce RTX 4080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

280.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

761.5 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo

Radeon R9 280X

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Logo

GeForce RTX 4080

Oct 8th, 2013
Sep 20th, 2022
Volcanic IslandsGeForce 40
$299
$1199
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 16-pin
Desktop
Desktop
3 GB
16 GB
GDDR5GDDR6X
384-bit256-bit
288 GB/s
716.8 GB/s
850 MHz
2205 MHz
1000 MHz
2505 MHz
1500 MHz
1400 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 280X or GeForce RTX 4080

With selected game settings

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