Radeon R9 280X and GeForce GTX 480 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce GTX 480
Radeon R9 280X
6012
GeForce GTX 480
4229
Radeon R9 280X
GeForce GTX 480
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Thaiti XTL
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2013
December 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 & 8-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
700 MHz
CUDA cores
-
480
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,313 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
480
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
295 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
128.0
42 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
177.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
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
4.2
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
-
-