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Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon R9 280

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

GIGABYTE GV-N306TXGAMING OC-8GD GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC D6X 8G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6X, Video Card

Buy for $449.99 on Amazon

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Radeon R9 280

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

GIGABYTE GV-N306TXGAMING OC-8GD GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC D6X 8G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6X, Video Card

Buy for $449.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2120 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $279

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $399

GIGABYTE GV-N306TXGAMING OC-8GD GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC D6X 8G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6X, Video Card

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC PRO 8G (REV3.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, LHR, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-N306TGAMINGOC PRO-8GD R3 Video Card

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, LHR, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-N306TGAMING OC-8GD REV2.0 Video Card

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6, GV-N306TGAMING OC-8GD Video Card

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8GB V2 LHR Graphics Card

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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 Ti is 2464 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Performs up to 250% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Radeon R9 280 - 63 vs 18 FPS
Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 8 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

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

FPS

18

29%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

FPS

63

100%

Value, $/FPS

$7.14/FPS

100%

Price, $

$449.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

GIGABYTE GV-N306TXGAMING OC-8GD GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC D6X 8G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6X, Video Card

Buy for $449.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2120 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

437

FPS

357

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

127

FPS

47

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

760

FPS

557

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

393

FPS

386

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

129

FPS

83

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

22%

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

41%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280	vs	GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Mar 4th, 2014	Release Date	Dec 1st, 2020
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$279	MSRP	$399
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	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	256-bit
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
827 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1410 MHz
933 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1665 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 280 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

With selected game settings

STGAubron Gaming PC Image

STGAubron Gaming PC

52 FPS

$16.73/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Core i7-6700

8 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$869.99

In Stock

Dell XPS 8950 Desktop PC Image

Dell XPS 8950 Desktop PC

60 FPS

$21.67/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Core i7-12700

32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

$1,299.99

In Stock

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Skytech Gaming Shadow Gaming PC

59 FPS

$20.34/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Core i5-12400F

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$1,199.99

In Stock

Empowered PC Image

59 FPS

$22.03/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Ryzen 9 5950X

32 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$1,299.99

In Stock

Skytech Gaming Archangel Gaming Computer PC Image

Skytech Gaming Archangel Gaming Computer PC

58 FPS

$36.21/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Ryzen 5 5600X

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$2,099.99

In Stock

Skytech Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC Image

Skytech Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC

55 FPS

$23.64/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$1,299.99

In Stock

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Skytech Shiva Gaming PC

58 FPS

$18.76/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Ryzen 5 5600X

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$1,087.99

In Stock

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC Image

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC

60 FPS

$23.32/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Core i7-12700F

8 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$1,399

In Stock

Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop PC Image

Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop PC

60 FPS

$31.33/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Core i7-12700F

16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

$1,880.08

In Stock

STGAubron Gaming PC Image

STGAubron Gaming PC

54 FPS

$15.93/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Core i7-8700

8 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$859.99

In Stock

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