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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 950

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 950
Launched Q4 2013 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 7.5 % 1024 MHz 0 %
Boost Clock 974 MHz 30.7 % 1405 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 20.2 % 7020 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 90 W 67.3 %
Length 314 mm 0 % 283 mm 9.9 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 950
Overall Score 46114 0 % 37143 19.5 %
Future Proof 30 % 26.8 % 41 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 13796 35.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 690.8 0 % 639.5 7.4 %
Average DirectX performance 65.5 FPS 0 % 44.5 FPS 32 %
DirectX 9 performance 128.1 FPS 0 % 93.4 FPS 27.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.7 FPS 0 % 21.9 FPS 49.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.1 FPS 0 % 39.7 FPS 26.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 22.9 FPS 36.2 %
Graphic card computing 3074.1 operations/s 0 % 2244 operations/s 27 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 950.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 79.0 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 142.2 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 170.7 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 238.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.3 %

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 290, GeForce GTX 950.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 61.4 FPS
High settings 138.3 FPS 110.6 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 132.7 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 185.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 20 %
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