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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GT 640

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GT 640
Launched Q4 2013 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 4096 MB 0 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 0 % 900 MHz 5 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 0 % 5010 MHz 10.5 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 65 W 76.4 %
Length 314 mm 0 % 210 mm 33.1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GT 640
Overall Score 46114 0 % 17438 62.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 16 % 46.7 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 3041 85.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 688.1 0 % 293 57.4 %
Average DirectX performance 64.9 FPS 0 % 10.7 FPS 83.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.2 FPS 0 % 24 FPS 81 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.8 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 90.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 53.5 FPS 0 % 9.9 FPS 81.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 5 FPS 86 %
Graphic card computing 3064.9 operations/s 0 % 622 operations/s 79.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GT 640.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GT 640
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 28.7 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 51.6 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 61.9 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 86.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 72.2 %

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 GT 640.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GT 640
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 27.7 FPS
High settings 138.2 FPS 49.8 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 59.8 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 83.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 64 %
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