Radeon R9 280X and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce GTX 260
Radeon R9 280X
6012
GeForce GTX 260
1260
Radeon R9 280X
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
Thaiti XTL
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2013
June 2008
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
576 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
4,313 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
192
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
128.0
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
-
+
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DisplayPort support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
DirectX® 12
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-