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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 970
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AMD logo Radeon R9 290X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 logo AMD Radeon R9 290X logo
General information GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290X
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 % 1000 MHz 4.8 %
Boost Clock 1380 MHz 0 % 1040 MHz 24.6 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 6000 MHz 16.7 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 W 50 % 290 W 0 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 309 mm 1 %
Cooling Fans 4 0 % 3 25 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290X
Overall Score 49923 0 % 46910 6 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 30 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 24923 0 % 22006 11.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 776.6 0 % 698.3 10.1 %
Average DirectX performance 75.2 FPS 0 % 65.5 FPS 12.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 142.4 FPS 0 % 126 FPS 11.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 45.9 FPS 0 % 44.6 FPS 3 %
DirectX 11 performance 71.3 FPS 0 % 55.3 FPS 22.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 41.1 FPS 0 % 36.1 FPS 12.1 %
Graphic card computing 4041.2 operations/s 0 % 3140.1 operations/s 22.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.7 FPS 105.5 FPS
High settings 204.7 FPS 189.8 FPS
Medium settings 245.6 FPS 227.8 FPS
Low settings 343.9 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.3 %

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 GeForce GTX 970, Radeon R9 290X.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 290X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.7 FPS 78.5 FPS
High settings 150.6 FPS 141.3 FPS
Medium settings 180.7 FPS 169.5 FPS
Low settings 253.0 FPS 237.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.2 %
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