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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 560

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 560
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 % 1024 MB 75 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 0 % 810 MHz 14.5 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 0 % 4488 MHz 19.9 %
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 % 248 mm 21 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 560
Overall Score 46114 0 % 26591 42.3 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 7071 66.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 690.8 0 % 428.7 37.9 %
Average DirectX performance 65.5 FPS 0 % 25.7 FPS 60.8 %
DirectX 9 performance 128.1 FPS 0 % 58.5 FPS 54.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.7 FPS 0 % 12 FPS 72.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.1 FPS 0 % 22.2 FPS 59.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 10.1 FPS 71.9 %
Graphic card computing 3074.1 operations/s 0 % 1022.1 operations/s 66.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 560.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 51.6 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 92.8 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 111.4 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 155.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 50 %

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 560.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 43.4 FPS
High settings 138.3 FPS 78.1 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 93.8 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 131.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.5 %
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