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AMD logo Radeon R9 290X
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 560

AMD Radeon R9 290X logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 logo
General information Radeon R9 290X 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 1000 MHz 0 % 810 MHz 19 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 4488 MHz 25.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 290 W 0 % 150 W 48.3 %
Length 309 mm 0 % 248 mm 19.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 560
Overall Score 46905 0 % 26591 43.3 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 22001 0 % 7071 67.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 704.6 0 % 428.7 39.2 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 25.7 FPS 60.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 127.6 FPS 0 % 58.5 FPS 54.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 44.6 FPS 0 % 12 FPS 73.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.7 FPS 0 % 22.2 FPS 59.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 36 FPS 0 % 10.1 FPS 72 %
Graphic card computing 3124.5 operations/s 0 % 1022.1 operations/s 67.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 51.6 FPS
High settings 189.3 FPS 92.8 FPS
Medium settings 227.1 FPS 111.4 FPS
Low settings 318.0 FPS 155.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 51 %

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 290X, GeForce GTX 560.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 43.4 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 78.1 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 93.8 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 131.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.5 %
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