NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Vs AMD Radeon R9 280X - Technical City

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	404	407
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.83	4.88
Power efficiency	4.78	4.30
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GK104	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	30 May 2013 (12 years ago)	8 October 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

R9 280X has 27% better value for money than GTX 770.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1536	2048
Core clock speed	1046 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	138.9	128.0
Floating-point processing power	3.333 TFLOPS	4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	128	128
L1 Cache	128 KB	512 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	768 KB

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 support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	275 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	224.3 GB/s	288 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
Eyefinity	-	+
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	+
CrossFire	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
HD3D	-	+
LiquidVR	-	+
TressFX	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
UVD	-	+
DDMA audio	no data	+
Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
PhysX	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	+
CUDA	+	-