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General information Radeon R9 290X 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 1000 MHz 0 % 900 MHz 10 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Performance Radeon R9 290X Radeon R9 255
Overall Score 46905 0 % 19401 58.6 %
Future Proof 30 % 9.1 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 22001 0 % 3764 82.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 704.6 0 % 393.6 44.1 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 11.8 FPS 82.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 127.6 FPS 0 % 25.1 FPS 80.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 44.6 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 91 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.7 FPS 0 % 10 FPS 81.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 36 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 77.8 %
Graphic card computing 3124.5 operations/s 0 % 708.2 operations/s 77.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290X Radeon R9 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 33.4 FPS
High settings 189.3 FPS 60.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.1 FPS 72.1 FPS
Low settings 318.0 FPS 100.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 68.3 %

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, Radeon R9 255.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290X Radeon R9 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 31.1 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 55.9 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 67.1 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 94.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 60.2 %
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