Radeon R9 280X and GeForce GTX 460M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce GTX 460M
Radeon R9 280X
6012
GeForce GTX 460M
1283
Radeon R9 280X
GeForce GTX 460M
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Thaiti XTL
N11E-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2013
September 2010
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
-
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
675 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,313 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
192
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
128.0
16.1 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
60.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 API with Feature Level 12.1
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
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
-
-