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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 460

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 460
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 % 768 MB 81.3 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 0 % 675 MHz 28.7 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 0 % 4050 MHz 27.7 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 150 W 45.5 %
Length 314 mm 0 % 292 mm 7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 460
Overall Score 46120 0 % 24188 47.6 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 21271 0 % 5851 72.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 688.7 0 % 385.3 44.1 %
Average DirectX performance 65.6 FPS 0 % 21.3 FPS 67.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 128 FPS 0 % 50.3 FPS 60.7 %
DirectX 10 performance 44 FPS 0 % 10 FPS 77.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.5 FPS 0 % 16.8 FPS 69.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 36 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 77.8 %
Graphic card computing 3089.5 operations/s 0 % 982.9 operations/s 68.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 460.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.5 FPS 45.5 FPS
High settings 186.3 FPS 81.9 FPS
Medium settings 223.6 FPS 98.3 FPS
Low settings 313.0 FPS 137.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 56 %

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 460.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.0 FPS 39.3 FPS
High settings 138.7 FPS 70.7 FPS
Medium settings 166.4 FPS 84.9 FPS
Low settings 232.9 FPS 118.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 49 %
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