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AMD logo Radeon R9 290X
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General information Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 690
Launched Q4 2013 Q2 2012
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 1000 MHz 0 % 915 MHz 8.5 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0.1 % 6008 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 290 W 3.3 % 300 W 0 %
Length 309 mm 0 % 279 mm 9.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 690
Overall Score 46905 0 % 38002 19 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 20 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 22001 0 % 14442 34.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 704.6 0 % 465.9 33.9 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 48.8 FPS 25.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 127.6 FPS 0 % 82.9 FPS 35 %
DirectX 10 performance 44.6 FPS 0 % 21.1 FPS 52.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.7 FPS 22.2 % 70.3 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 36 FPS 0 % 21 FPS 41.8 %
Graphic card computing 3124.5 operations/s 0 % 2384.8 operations/s 23.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290X, GeForce GTX 690.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 690
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 81.3 FPS
High settings 189.3 FPS 146.3 FPS
Medium settings 227.1 FPS 175.5 FPS
Low settings 318.0 FPS 245.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.7 %

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 690.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 690
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 62.9 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 113.2 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 135.9 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 190.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.6 %
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