
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 280X

nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory512
Cores96 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

AMD Radeon R9 280X
Radeon R9 280X
$299 • Oct 2013
GeForce GTX 1630
$ • Jun 2022
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250 W | 75 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 96 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 512 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 28.56 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 96 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.096 GFLOPS | 1.828 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 4700 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 280X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD • 3GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR6
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