Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Prices and Stock
MSRP $279

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Video Card

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Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 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 3060 is 2506 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060

Performs up to 83% better in Dead Island 2 than Radeon R9 280 - 115 vs 63 FPS
Consumes up to 15% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 170 vs 200 Watts
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 12 vs 3 GB

This is a free version of Dead Island 2.

Dead Island 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

FPS

55%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

FPS

115

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.61/FPS

100%

Price, $

$299.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Video Card

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

1920 x 1080

High

130

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Ultra

117

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

391

FPS

386

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

182

FPS

143

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

High

704

FPS

557

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

35%

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

53%

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280	vs	GeForce RTX 3060
Mar 4th, 2014	Release Date	Jan 12th, 2021
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$279	MSRP	$329
1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
3 GB	Memory	12 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	192-bit
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	360 GB/s
827 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1320 MHz
933 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1777 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1875 MHz