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    GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon R9 280

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 465 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 465 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.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R9 280
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 200 Watt.
    • GeForce GTX 465 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 280 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 280 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 465.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 465 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 465 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon R9 280 is 266 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 465.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 465 is 353 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 30−33 60−65
    medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than GeForce GTX 465.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R9 280
    Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
    Code name GF100 Tahiti
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 31 May 2010 4 March 2014
    Pipelines 352 1792
    Core clock speed 1215 MHz
    Boost Clock 933 MHz
    Transistor count 3,100 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 26.7 billion/sec 104.5
    Floating-point performance 855.4 gflops 3,344 gflops
    Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm) 275 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 102.6 GB/s 240 GB/s
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.2 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 352
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 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 Internal
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    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
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    Compute performance 30x
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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