Radeon R9 280X2 vs GeForce GTX 770

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking346not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.29no data
Power efficiency4.58no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores15362048
Core clock speed1046 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt375 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate138.9128.0
Floating-point processing power3.333 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs128128

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm315 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Minimum recommended system power600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin3x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.3 GB/s288.0 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
PhysX+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.170
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 375 Watt

GTX 770 has 63% lower power consumption.

R9 280X2, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 770 and Radeon R9 280X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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