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AMD logo Radeon R9 290X
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General information Radeon R9 290X 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 1000 MHz 32.4 % 1480 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 290 W 0 % 80 W 72.4 %
Performance Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
Overall Score 46931 0 % 45201 3.7 %
Future Proof 30 % 43.4 % 53 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 22025 0 % 20431 7.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 698.3 0 % 414.7 40.6 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 3.3 % 68 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.4 FPS 7 % 135.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 45.4 FPS 0 % 45.1 FPS 0.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.9 FPS 9.7 % 60.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 36.1 FPS 0 % 30.1 FPS 16.7 %
Graphic card computing 3124.5 operations/s 0 % 2866.7 operations/s 8.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.8 FPS 101.1 FPS
High settings 190.4 FPS 182.0 FPS
Medium settings 228.5 FPS 218.4 FPS
Low settings 319.9 FPS 305.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %

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 290X, GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design).

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 79.0 FPS 76.0 FPS
High settings 142.2 FPS 136.8 FPS
Medium settings 170.6 FPS 164.1 FPS
Low settings 238.8 FPS 229.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.8 %
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