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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 580

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 580
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 % 772 MHz 18.5 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 0 % 4212 MHz 24.8 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 244 W 11.3 %
Length 314 mm 4.8 % 330 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 580
Overall Score 46114 0 % 34346 25.5 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 11797 44.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 688.1 0 % 472.2 31.4 %
Average DirectX performance 64.9 FPS 0 % 41.3 FPS 36.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.2 FPS 0 % 88.1 FPS 30.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.8 FPS 0 % 21.9 FPS 49.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 53.5 FPS 0 % 40.2 FPS 24.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 15.1 FPS 57.9 %
Graphic card computing 3064.9 operations/s 0 % 1450.4 operations/s 52.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 580.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 71.7 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 129.0 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 154.8 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 216.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.5 %

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 580.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 56.6 FPS
High settings 138.2 FPS 102.0 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 122.4 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 171.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.2 %
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