Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce GTX 280

Place in the ranking	734	86
Place by popularity	not in top-100	72
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.11	47.54
Power efficiency	1.00	13.30
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GT200	Navi 10
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2008 (16 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 XT has 43118% better value for money than GTX 280.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	240	2560
Core clock speed	602 MHz	1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1905 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	48.16	304.8
Floating-point processing power	0.6221 TFLOPS	9.754 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	80	160

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	272 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB/s	448.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready	no data	+
Multi Monitor	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 280 3.37

RX 5700 XT 42.94
+1174%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 280 1299

RX 5700 XT 16562
+1175%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	9−10 −1300%	126 +1300%
1440p	5−6 −1380%	74 +1380%
4K	3−4 −1433%	46 +1433%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	72.11	3.17
1440p	129.80	5.39
4K	216.33	8.67

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	76 +0%	76 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	110 +0%	110 +0%
Battlefield 5	199 +0%	199 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	118 +0%	118 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	78 +0%	78 +0%
Far Cry 5	125 +0%	125 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	118 +0%	118 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	298 +0%	298 +0%
Hitman 3	84 +0%	84 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	313 +0%	313 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	115 +0%	115 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	259 +0%	259 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	154 +0%	154 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	91 +0%	91 +0%
Battlefield 5	165 +0%	165 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	107 +0%	107 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	75 +0%	75 +0%
Far Cry 5	101 +0%	101 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	108 +0%	108 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	283 +0%	283 +0%
Hitman 3	86 +0%	86 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	294 +0%	294 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	97 +0%	97 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	193 +0%	193 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	248 +0%	248 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 +0%	62 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78 +0%	78 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80 +0%	80 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	67 +0%	67 +0%
Far Cry 5	73 +0%	73 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	148 +0%	148 +0%
Hitman 3	83 +0%	83 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	135 +0%	135 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	171 +0%	171 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	93 +0%	93 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	67 +0%	67 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

108

+0%

108

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	126 +0%	126 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	84 +0%	84 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53 +0%	53 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 +0%	59 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	58 +0%	58 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry 5	59 +0%	59 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	273 +0%	273 +0%
Hitman 3	59 +0%	59 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	104 +0%	104 +0%
Metro Exodus	104 +0%	104 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	119 +0%	119 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	241 +0%	241 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	56 +0%	56 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	44 +0%	44 +0%
Hitman 3	45 +0%	45 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 +0%	121 +0%
Metro Exodus	65 +0%	65 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54 +0%	54 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35 +0%	35 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	33 +0%	33 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	33 +0%	33 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	17 +0%	17 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	79 +0%	79 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	71 +0%	71 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	13 +0%	13 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how GTX 280 and RX 5700 XT compete in popular games:

RX 5700 XT is 1300% faster in 1080p
RX 5700 XT is 1380% faster in 1440p
RX 5700 XT is 1433% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.37	42.94
Recency	16 June 2008	7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	225 Watt

RX 5700 XT has a 1174.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 4.9% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 280 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.