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Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 2060

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

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 2060

6 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDRR6 192-bit HDMI/DP 1710 MHz Boost Clock Ray Tracing Turing Architecture VR Ready Graphics Card (RTX 2060 Ventus GP OC)

Buy for $348 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 237 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 2060

6 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDRR6 192-bit HDMI/DP 1710 MHz Boost Clock Ray Tracing Turing Architecture VR Ready Graphics Card (RTX 2060 Ventus GP OC)

Buy for $348 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 237 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 2060 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 2060 is 1770 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 2060

  • Performs up to 144% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Radeon R9 280 - 44 vs 18 FPS
  • Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 160 vs 200 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 6 vs 3 GB
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This is a free version of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014


FPS

18

41%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
GeForce RTX 2060

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019


FPS

44

100%

Value, $/FPS

$7.91/FPS

100%

Price, $

$348

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDRR6 192-bit HDMI/DP 1710 MHz Boost Clock Ray Tracing Turing Architecture VR Ready Graphics Card (RTX 2060 Ventus GP OC)

Buy for $348 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 237 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo
Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
GeForce RTX 2060

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019

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

52%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
GeForce RTX 2060

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019


Pixel Fillrate

80.64 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

201.6 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 280 Logo

Radeon R9 280

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo

GeForce RTX 2060

Mar 4th, 2014
Jan 7th, 2019
Volcanic IslandsGeForce 20
$279
$349
1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin
Desktop
Desktop
3 GB
6 GB
GDDR5GDDR6
384-bit192-bit
240 GB/s
336 GB/s
827 MHz
1365 MHz
933 MHz
1680 MHz
1250 MHz
1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 280 or GeForce RTX 2060

With selected game settings

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