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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 970 outperforms Radeon R9 280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 970 is 199 days newer than Radeon R9 280.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 4% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Radeon R9 280 - 352 vs 338 FPS
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 148 vs 200 Watts
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 4 vs 3 GB
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
352
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$469
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R9 280 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4th, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$279 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
240 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
| 827 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
| 933 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
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