Radeon R9 280 and GeForce GTX 460 SE - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE
Radeon R9 280
5726
GeForce GTX 460 SE
2061
Radeon R9 280
GeForce GTX 460 SE
Architecture
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Tahiti
GF104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2014
November 2010
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
6-pin & 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
933 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
650 MHz
CUDA cores
-
288
Floating-point performance
3,344 gflops
748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,313 million
1,950 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
288
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
104 °C
Texture fill rate
104.5
31.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
240 GB/s
108.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI
Number of display connectors
-
2
Multi monitor support
-
+
Eyefinity
1
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DisplayPort support
-
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (11_0)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.1
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-