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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 970
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AMD logo Radeon R9 290

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 logo AMD Radeon R9 290 logo
General information GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 4096 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1050 MHz 0 % 947 MHz 9.8 %
Boost Clock 1380 MHz 0 % 974 MHz 29.4 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 5600 MHz 22.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 W 47.3 % 275 W 0 %
Length 312 mm 0.6 % 314 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 4 0 % 3 25 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290
Overall Score 49910 0 % 46104 7.6 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 30 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 24910 0 % 21256 14.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 778.4 0 % 701.3 9.9 %
Average DirectX performance 75.2 FPS 0 % 65.2 FPS 13.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 143.1 FPS 0 % 127.8 FPS 10.7 %
DirectX 10 performance 45.9 FPS 0 % 43.6 FPS 4.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 70.4 FPS 0 % 53.9 FPS 23.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 41.2 FPS 0 % 35.7 FPS 13.5 %
Graphic card computing 4114.7 operations/s 0 % 3040.4 operations/s 26.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 970, Radeon R9 290.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.5 FPS 104.1 FPS
High settings 206.1 FPS 187.4 FPS
Medium settings 247.3 FPS 224.9 FPS
Low settings 346.3 FPS 314.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %

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 GeForce GTX 970, Radeon R9 290.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.6 FPS 77.0 FPS
High settings 150.4 FPS 138.6 FPS
Medium settings 180.5 FPS 166.3 FPS
Low settings 252.7 FPS 232.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %
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