AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R9 280  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z.

237
Place in performance rating
146
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Value for money (0-100)
10.25
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Kepler
Tahiti
Code name
GK110B
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
28 May 2014 (7 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$2,999
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1150 (0.4x MSRP)
reference
Design
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10.12
Value for money
7.31
Tahiti
GPU code name
GK110B
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 280  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1792
Pipelines
2880
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Core clock speed
705 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
876 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
7,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
375 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
338 billion/sec
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 5,046 gflops
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CUDA cores
5760
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2880
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
876 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
7,080 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
375 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
Two 8-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
672 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
-
AppAcceleration
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1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
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Blu Ray 3D
+
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3D Gaming
+
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3D Vision Live
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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Adaptive VSync
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280

Cheaper ($305 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1150 (0.4x MSRP))

Less power consumption (200 Watt vs 375 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

12.43% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2880 vs 1792)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (672 GB/s vs 240 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z .

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.5 Out of 30 Hitesti Score
3.3 Out of 6 Hitesti Score