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    GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon R7 A265

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 280 and Radeon R7 A265, 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 GTX 280 stacks up against Radeon R7 A265, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 280
    Radeon R7 A265

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 280 Radeon R7 A265
    Power consumption (TDP) 236 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
     
    • GeForce GTX 280 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 A265 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon R7 A265 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 280.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 A265 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 280 is 571 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A265.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 A265 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 A265 is 693 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 280.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 1−2
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 12−14 12−14
    medium / 1080p 3−4 3−4
    GeForce GTX 280 and Radeon R7 A265 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 280 Radeon R7 A265
    Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
    Code name GT200 Opal
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 16 June 2008 9 January 2014
    Pipelines 240 384
    Core clock speed 1296 MHz 725 MHz
    Boost Clock 825 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 48.2 billion/sec 19.80
    Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 633.6 gflops
    Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
    Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1107 MHz 1800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 141.7 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 4.0 5.1
    OpenGL 2.1 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 240
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
     

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