GeForce 920A vs Radeon R9 280

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 920A and Radeon R9 280, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 920A stacks up against Radeon R9 280, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon R9 280
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280 has 506% more power consumption, than GeForce 920A.
  • GeForce 920A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 280 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 280 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 920A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 920A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce 920A and Radeon R9 280 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 920A is 752 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce 920A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon R9 280
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GK208B Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 4 March 2014
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 933 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 104.5
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 3,344 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 3.5
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
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