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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

AMD Radeon R9 280X

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

342%
342%

AMD Radeon R9 280X

29%
29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is approximately 313% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
TU104
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
3072
2048
TMUsDifferent
192
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU NameDifferent
TU104
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
TU104-450-A1
Tahiti XTL(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Turing
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
12 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
13,600 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
25.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
545 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2228
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
Release DateDifferent
Jul 23rd, 2019
Oct 8th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 20
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 10
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 30
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
699 USD
299 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
51 in our database
105 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
Base ClockDifferent
1650 MHz
850 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1815 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1937 MHz15.5 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
495.9 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
Shading UnitsDifferent
3072
2048
TMUsDifferent
192
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
SM CountDifferent
48
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
384
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
48
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
Pixel RateDifferent
116.2 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
348.5 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
22.30 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
11.15 TFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
348.5 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
116 mm4.6 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
35 mm1.4 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDP
250 W
250 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG180 SKU 42
C386

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERAMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
7.5
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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