NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
VS
AMD Radeon R9 280X

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690  vs  AMD Radeon R9 280X.

235
Place in performance rating
231
25.47
Value for money (0-100)
10.96
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK104
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
3 May 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$999
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$534 (0.5x MSRP)
Price now
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
5.32
Value for money
9.36
GK104
GPU code name
Thaiti XTL
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690  vs  AMD Radeon R9 280X 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.

1536
Pipelines
2048
915 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1019 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
300 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
234 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
128.0
2x 3,130 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
3072
CUDA cores
no data
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1019 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R9 280X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
11.0" (27.9 cm)
Length
275 mm
Two 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory bus width
384 Bit
6008 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
384 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X.

Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
+
Yes (via dongle)
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

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

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TressFX
1
no data
TrueAudio
+
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
UVD
+
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
3D Vision Live
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.2
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 or AMD Radeon R9 280X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R9 280X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R9 280X
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

0.2% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 288 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280X

Cheaper ($330 (1.1x MSRP) vs $534 (0.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (2048 vs 1536)

Less power consumption (250 Watt vs 300 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 or AMD Radeon R9 280X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 versus AMD Radeon R9 280X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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285376 (100 %)

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User rating

4.1 Out of 35 Hitesti Score
4.5 Out of 106 Hitesti Score