GeForce RTX 4070 vs Radeon R9 280X2

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated20
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data60.24
Power efficiencyno data24.34
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiAD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)12 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores20485888
Core clock speed950 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0455.4
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length315 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount3 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s504.2 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort 1.21x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)6.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)3.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 4070 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 280X2 and GeForce RTX 4070. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R9 280X2
Radeon R9 280X2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 4070

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


5 1 vote

Rate Radeon R9 280X2 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.1 9105 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 4070 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.