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    GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon R9 280

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon R9 280. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon R9 280. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
    GeForce GTX 295
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 295 Radeon R9 280
    Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • GeForce GTX 295 has 44% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 280.
    • GeForce GTX 295 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 280 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 295 has 1789 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 295 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 295 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon R9 280 is 265 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 295.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 280 is 251 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 295.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than GeForce GTX 295.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 295 Radeon R9 280
    Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
    Code name GT200B Tahiti
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 8 January 2009 4 March 2014
    Pipelines 240 1792
    Core clock speed 1242 MHz
    Boost Clock 933 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 92.2 billion/sec 104.5
    Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops 3,344 gflops
    Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 275 mm
    Memory bus width 896 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 999 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB/s 240 GB/s
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
    Shader Model 4.0 5.1
    OpenGL 2.1 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 480
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI + +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 408 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
    CUDA cores per GPU 240
    Standard memory config per GPU 896 MB
    Memory interface width per GPU 448 Bit
    High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
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