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| Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce GTX 680 |
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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 280X vs 680 among Desktop GPUs
Gaming | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more |
Graphics | |
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T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more |
Computing | |
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Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more |
Performance per Watt | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more |
Value | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more |
Noise and Power | |
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TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Significantly higher memory bandwidth | 288 GB/s | vs | 192.3 GB/s | Around 50% higher memory bandwidth | |||
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Better 3DMark06 score | 28,452 | vs | 26,525.5 | More than 5% better 3DMark06 score | |||
Better floating-point performance | 4,096 GFLOPS | vs | 3,090.4 GFLOPS | Around 35% better floating-point performance | |||
Significantly better bitcoin mining score | 468.39 mHash/s | vs | 123.57 mHash/s | More than 3.8x better bitcoin mining score | |||
More memory | 3,072 MB | vs | 2,048 MB | 50% more memory | |||
More shading units | 2,048 | vs | 1,536 | 512 more shading units | |||
Wider memory bus | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit | 50% wider memory bus | |||
Better PassMark direct compute score | 3,677 | vs | 2,928 | More than 25% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
Higher BioShock infinite framerate | 73.9 fps | vs | 64.7 fps | Around 15% higher BioShock infinite framerate | |||
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Much better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 33,025 | vs | 11,255 | Around 3x better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
Higher clock speed | 1,006 MHz | vs | 850 MHz | Around 20% higher clock speed | |||
Significantly higher crysis 3 framerate | 36.8 fps | vs | 13.1 fps | More than 2.8x higher crysis 3 framerate | |||
Lower TDP | 195W | vs | 250W | More than 20% lower TDP |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 280X vs GeForce GTX 680
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Radeon R9 280X
468.39 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 680
123.57 mHash/s
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Radeon R9 280X
95.62 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 680
47.72 mPixels/s
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Radeon R9 280X
3,356.04
GeForce GTX 680
3,360.28
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Radeon R9 280X
3,709.16
GeForce GTX 680
3,719.86
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Radeon R9 280X
62.73
GeForce GTX 680
60.74
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Radeon R9 280X
380.99
GeForce GTX 680
381.6
Thief
Radeon R9 280X
33.6
GeForce GTX 680
54.05
Battlefield 4
Radeon R9 280X
39.9
GeForce GTX 680
64.3
Reviews Word on the street
Radeon R9 280X | vs | GeForce GTX 680 | ||
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