AMD Radeon R9 280X VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 280X

nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory5888
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3070

AMD Radeon R9 280X
Radeon R9 280X
$299 • Oct 2013
GeForce RTX 3070
$499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 280X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250 W | 220 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 128 | 184 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 165.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.096 GFLOPS | 20.31 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 17400 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
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 RTX 3070


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070


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 RTX 3070


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD • 3GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
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