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GeForce GTX 280

Price and performance details for the GeForce GTX 280 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

GeForce GTX 280

Bus Interface: PCIe 2.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 1024 MB

Core Clock(s): 602 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 2214 MHz

DirectX: 10

OpenGL: 3.3

Max TDP: 236 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1)

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2012-08-18

G3DMark/Price: 2.46

Overall Rank:  1200

Last Price Change:  $522.78 USD (2018-01-05)

Average G3D Mark
1285

Average G2D Mark: 56
Samples: 456

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for GeForce GTX 280

DirectX 925 Frames/Sec
DirectX 108 Frames/Sec
DirectX 110 Frames/Sec
DirectX 120 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute0 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 9th of February 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for GeForce GTX 280

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2025.

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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,042
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,142
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,288
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,533
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,754
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,107
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,873
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,356
GeForce GTX 280
 		1,285
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.11
GeForce RTX 2060
 56.18
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 54.13
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 48.56
GeForce RTX 3070
 44.11
GeForce RTX 3080
 33.39
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.79
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 18.20
GeForce GTX 280
 		2.46
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for GeForce GTX 280
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL2830211 - Aug 12 2025
1436
BL2544650 - Apr 10 2025
1137
BL2264792 - Dec 04 2024
1033
BL1951913 - Nov 22 2023
1481
BL1949490 - Nov 18 2023
1388
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Popular comparisons for GeForce GTX 280
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce GTX 280
 		1,285
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs GeForce GTX 280
 42,223 (+3184.7%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs GeForce GTX 280
 41,406 (+3121.1%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 280
 40,493 (+3050.1%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce GTX 280
 38,864 (+2923.4%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 280
 38,098 (+2863.7%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GTX 280
 35,737 (+2680.1%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs GeForce GTX 280
 35,557 (+2666.1%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce GTX 280
 34,448 (+2579.8%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 280
 34,240 (+2563.6%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs GeForce GTX 280
 33,270 (+2488.1%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 280
 32,842 (+2454.9%)
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