General information | Radeon R9 290 | Radeon HD 7870 |
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Launched | Q4 2013 | Q2 2012 |
Used in | Desktop | Desktop |
Factory | AMD | AMD |
Motherboard Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Memory | 4096 MB 0 % | 2048 MB 50 % |
Core Clock | 947 MHz 5.3 % | 1000 MHz 0 % |
Effective Clock | 5600 MHz 0 % | 5000 MHz 10.7 % |
DirectX | DirectX 12 | DirectX 11.2 |
OpenGL | OpenGL 4.4 | OpenGL 4.4 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 275 W 0 % | 175 W 36.4 % |
Length | 314 mm 0 % | 296 mm 5.7 % |
Cooling Fans | 3 0 % | 3 0 % |
Case Slots | 2 0 % | 2 0 % |
SLI | 4-way 0 % | 2-way 50 % |
Performance | Radeon R9 290 | Radeon HD 7870 |
Overall Score | 46114 0 % | 34620 24.9 % |
Future Proof | 30 % 0 % | 20 % 33.3 % |
Benchmark Score | 21265 0 % | 11985 43.6 % |
2D Benchmark Score | 699.9 0 % | 591.5 15.5 % |
Average DirectX performance | 65.3 FPS 0 % | 37.8 FPS 42.1 % |
DirectX 9 performance | 127 FPS 0 % | 81.3 FPS 36 % |
DirectX 10 performance | 44 FPS 0 % | 18.1 FPS 58.8 % |
DirectX 11 performance | 54.1 FPS 0 % | 29 FPS 46.3 % |
DirectX 12 performance | 36.2 FPS 0 % | 22.9 FPS 36.9 % |
Graphic card computing | 3092.5 operations/s 0 % | 2332.6 operations/s 24.6 % |
Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, Radeon HD 7870.
Average frames per second | Radeon R9 290 | Radeon HD 7870 |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 103.2 FPS | 72.4 FPS |
High settings | 185.7 FPS | 130.4 FPS |
Medium settings | 222.9 FPS | 156.5 FPS |
Low settings | 312.0 FPS | 219.0 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 29.8 % |
Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 290, Radeon HD 7870.
Grand Theft Auto V | Radeon R9 290 | Radeon HD 7870 |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 77.2 FPS | 57.3 FPS |
High settings | 138.9 FPS | 103.1 FPS |
Medium settings | 166.7 FPS | 123.7 FPS |
Low settings | 233.4 FPS | 173.2 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 25.8 % |