GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8060S with GeForce GTX 280, including specs and performance data.

Radeon 8060S
2025
38.17
+1131%

8060S outperforms GTX 280 by a whopping 1131% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking108758
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.12
Power efficiencyno data0.96
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameStrix PointGT200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2025 (recently)16 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores2560240
Core clock speed1295 MHz602 MHz
Boost clock speed2335 MHzno data
Number of transistors34,000 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate373.648.16
Floating-point processing power11.96 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16080
Ray Tracing Cores40no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared512 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1107 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data141.7 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentHDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.84.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.11.1
Vulkan1.3N/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.

Radeon 8060S 38.17
+1131%
GTX 280 3.10

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.

Radeon 8060S 15846
+1133%
GTX 280 1285

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 38.17 3.10
Chip lithography 4 nm 65 nm

Radeon 8060S has a 1131.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 8060S is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 280 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 8060S is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 280 is a desktop one.

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