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Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB 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 RTX 2060 12 GB is 2835 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

  • Performs up to 15% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Radeon R9 280 - 389 vs 338 FPS
  • Consumes up to 8% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 184 vs 200 Watts
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 12 vs 3 GB
This is a free version of Counter-Strike 2.
Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014


FPS

338

86%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Desktop • Dec 7th, 2021


FPS

389

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.99/FPS

100%

Price, $

$385.32

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus 12G OC NVIDIA 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Buy for $385.32 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 338 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Desktop • Dec 7th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

37%

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

46%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Desktop • Dec 7th, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

79.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

224.4 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo

AMD Radeon R9 280

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Mar 4th, 2014Release Date
Dec 7th, 2021
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 20
$279MSRPNot Available
1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
3 GBMemory
12 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
384-bitBus192-bit
240 GB/sBandwidth
336 GB/s
827 MHzBase Clock Speed
1470 MHz
933 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1650 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

Builds Using Radeon R9 280 or GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Counter-Strike 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High

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