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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 550 Ti

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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 % 3072 MB 25 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 0 % 900 MHz 5 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 0 % 4800 MHz 14.3 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 116 W 57.8 %
Length 314 mm 0 % 242 mm 22.9 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Overall Score 46114 0 % 19992 56.6 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 3997 81.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 688.1 0 % 369 46.4 %
Average DirectX performance 64.9 FPS 0 % 16.4 FPS 74.8 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.2 FPS 0 % 41.3 FPS 67.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.8 FPS 0 % 7.1 FPS 83.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 53.5 FPS 0 % 11 FPS 79.4 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 6 FPS 83.3 %
Graphic card computing 3064.9 operations/s 0 % 706.8 operations/s 76.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 34.8 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 62.7 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 75.2 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 105.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 66.2 %

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 550 Ti.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 32.0 FPS
High settings 138.2 FPS 57.6 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 69.2 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 96.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 58.3 %
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