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Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce RTX 3080

Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce RTX 3080: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3080 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 RTX 3080 is 2520 days newer than Radeon R9 280X.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280X

  • Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 250 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

  • Performs up to 64% better in Far Cry 5 than Radeon R9 280X - 172 vs 105 FPS
  • Up to 233% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 10 vs 3 GB
This is a free version of Far Cry 5.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013


FPS

105

61%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

172

100%

Value, €/FPS

€6.83/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1174.3

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Zotac Gaming Geforce Rtx 3080 Trinity Oc Lhr 10Gb Gddr6X, Grigio, ‎42.4 x 9.9 x 29.2 cm; 870 grammi

Buy for 1,174.3 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 4337 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo
Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

32 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

128 GTexel/s

27%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

164.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

465.1 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 280X Logo

AMD Radeon R9 280X

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Oct 8th, 2013Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$299
MSRP$699
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
3 GBMemory
10 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
384-bitBus320-bit
288 GB/sBandwidth
760.3 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
1440 MHz
1000 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1710 MHz
1500 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1188 MHz

Builds Using Radeon R9 280X or GeForce RTX 3080

Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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