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General information Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 255
Launched Q4 2013 Q2 2014
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 0 % 900 MHz 5 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Performance Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 255
Overall Score 46114 0 % 19402 57.9 %
Future Proof 30 % 9.1 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 3764 82.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 688.1 0 % 391.2 43.1 %
Average DirectX performance 64.9 FPS 0 % 11.8 FPS 81.8 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.2 FPS 0 % 25.1 FPS 80.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.8 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 90.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 53.5 FPS 0 % 10.1 FPS 81.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 8.1 FPS 77.5 %
Graphic card computing 3064.9 operations/s 0 % 713.1 operations/s 76.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, Radeon R9 255.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 33.4 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 60.1 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 72.1 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 100.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 67.6 %

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, Radeon R9 255.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 31.0 FPS
High settings 138.2 FPS 55.8 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 67.0 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 93.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.6 %
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