GTX 950 vs R9 280

[Kfallout]

So I have already have a gtx 950, but my friend is offering to trade his r9 280 for my 950 since he just bought a new card. What I'm wondering, is the r9 280 better performance wise in games compared to the gtx 950? If so is it worth the trade?

It's a Evga gtx 950 sc+ and a sapphire dual x r9 280 just in case people wanted to know the models

 

[CRO5513Y]

Sounds like a good deal to me. According to UserBenchmark the R9 280 is ~20-25% better and since both the cards are getting older the AMD one should age much better since AMD has better long-term driver support and performance updates. Since the deal is free i see no reason why not. Also linked an old Tom's Hardware post of a similar question with everyone saying go a R9 280 over GTX 950 since the 280 apparently trades blows and sometimes beats even a GTX 960. Hope this helps

Link to R9 280 vs GTX 950 > http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-950-vs-AMD-R9-280/3510vs2241
Link to similar forum post > http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2840396/280x-gtx-950.html