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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
Launched Q4 2013 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Mobile
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 33.3 % 6144 MB 0 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 36 % 1480 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 80 W 70.9 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
Overall Score 46114 0 % 45181 2 %
Future Proof 30 % 43.4 % 53 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 20413 4 %
2D Benchmark Score 688.1 0 % 417.5 39.3 %
Average DirectX performance 64.9 FPS 3.9 % 67.5 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.2 FPS 5.8 % 134.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.8 FPS 2.8 % 45 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 53.5 FPS 12.2 % 60.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 30.1 FPS 16.3 %
Graphic card computing 3064.9 operations/s 0 % 2867.8 operations/s 6.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design).

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 181.0 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 217.1 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 304.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %

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 1060 (Max-Q Design).

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 75.2 FPS
High settings 138.2 FPS 135.4 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 162.5 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 227.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %
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