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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 470

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 470
Launched Q4 2013 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 1280 MB 68.8 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 0 % 607 MHz 35.9 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 0 % 3348 MHz 40.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 215 W 21.8 %
Length 314 mm 0 % 254 mm 19.1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 470
Overall Score 46114 0 % 28332 38.6 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 8027 62.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 690.8 0 % 401.9 41.8 %
Average DirectX performance 65.5 FPS 0 % 27.6 FPS 57.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 128.1 FPS 0 % 61.5 FPS 52 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.7 FPS 0 % 12.9 FPS 70.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.1 FPS 0 % 25.1 FPS 53.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 10.9 FPS 69.5 %
Graphic card computing 3074.1 operations/s 0 % 1006.9 operations/s 67.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 470.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 470
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 56.1 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 100.9 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 121.1 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 169.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 470.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 470
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 46.4 FPS
High settings 138.3 FPS 83.4 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 100.1 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 140.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.6 %
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