GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Radeon HD 8280E

Place in performance ranking	1146	43
Place by popularity	not in top-100	18
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	44.65
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Kalindi	Ampere GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 April 2013 (11 years ago)	1 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$399
Current price	$59	$361 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 Ti has 446400% better value for money than HD 8280E.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	4864
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1665 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.600	253.1

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	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	IGP	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-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 type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

HD 8280E 0.66

RTX 3060 Ti 53.17
+7956%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 8280E by 7956% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 8280E 256

RTX 3060 Ti 20535
+7921%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 8280E by 7921% in Passmark.

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	1−2 −13700%	138 +13700%
1440p	0−1	80
4K	0−1	50

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

83
−7912%

6650−6700

+7912%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	121 −7917%	9700−9750 +7917%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	95 −7953%	7650−7700 +7953%
Battlefield 5	160−170 −7947%	13600−13650 +7947%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −7910%	8250−8300 +7910%
Cyberpunk 2077	81 −7925%	6500−6550 +7925%
Far Cry 5	100−110 −7948%	8450−8500 +7948%
Far Cry New Dawn	120−130 −7923%	10350−10400 +7923%
Forza Horizon 4	200 −7950%	16100−16150 +7950%
Hitman 3	100−110 −7919%	8500−8550 +7919%
Horizon Zero Dawn	152 −7926%	12200−12250 +7926%
Metro Exodus	130−140 −7953%	10550−10600 +7953%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 −7953%	9100−9150 +7953%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220 −7945%	17700−17750 +7945%
Watch Dogs: Legion	122 −7933%	9800−9850 +7933%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	104 −7929%	8350−8400 +7929%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 −7925%	6500−6550 +7925%
Battlefield 5	160−170 −7947%	13600−13650 +7947%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −7910%	8250−8300 +7910%
Cyberpunk 2077	78 −7913%	6250−6300 +7913%
Far Cry 5	100−110 −7948%	8450−8500 +7948%
Far Cry New Dawn	120−130 −7923%	10350−10400 +7923%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 −7939%	14550−14600 +7939%
Hitman 3	51 −7939%	4100−4150 +7939%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 −7954%	17800−17850 +7954%
Metro Exodus	55 −7900%	4400−4450 +7900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 −7953%	9100−9150 +7953%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	192 −7947%	15450−15500 +7947%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	185 −7954%	14900−14950 +7954%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 −7917%	9300−9350 +7917%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75 −7900%	6000−6050 +7900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74 −7941%	5950−6000 +7941%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −7910%	8250−8300 +7910%
Cyberpunk 2077	77 −7952%	6200−6250 +7952%
Far Cry 5	100−110 −7948%	8450−8500 +7948%
Forza Horizon 4	173 −7935%	13900−13950 +7935%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140 −7936%	11250−11300 +7936%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	174 −7946%	14000−14050 +7946%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	92 −7943%	7400−7450 +7943%
Watch Dogs: Legion	77 −7952%	6200−6250 +7952%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

−7953%

9100−9150
+7953%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 −7945%	8850−8900 +7945%
Far Cry New Dawn	120−130 −7924%	9950−10000 +7924%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65 −7900%	5200−5250 +7900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 −7900%	4800−4850 +7900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 −7936%	6750−6800 +7936%
Cyberpunk 2077	52 −7881%	4150−4200 +7881%
Far Cry 5	105 −7948%	8450−8500 +7948%
Forza Horizon 4	150 −7933%	12050−12100 +7933%
Hitman 3	70−75 −7941%	5950−6000 +7941%
Horizon Zero Dawn	114 −7926%	9150−9200 +7926%
Metro Exodus	93 −7911%	7450−7500 +7911%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	139 −7922%	11150−11200 +7922%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 −7946%	7000−7050 +7946%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 −7951%	4750−4800 +7951%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
−7922%

7300−7350

+7922%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −7917%	4650−4700 +7917%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −7859%	3900−3950 +7859%
Hitman 3	57 −7882%	4550−4600 +7882%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −7941%	5950−6000 +7941%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	56 −7936%	4500−4550 +7936%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	77 −7952%	6200−6250 +7952%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45 −7900%	3600−3650 +7900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40 −7900%	3200−3250 +7900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −7873%	2950−3000 +7873%
Cyberpunk 2077	25 −7900%	2000−2050 +7900%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −7841%	2700−2750 +7841%
Forza Horizon 4	103 −7910%	8250−8300 +7910%
Horizon Zero Dawn	71 −7928%	5700−5750 +7928%
Metro Exodus	63 −7916%	5050−5100 +7916%
Watch Dogs: Legion	33 −7930%	2650−2700 +7930%