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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 590
Launched Q4 2013 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 3072 MB 25 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 0 % 607 MHz 35.9 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 0 % 3456 MHz 38.3 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 24.7 % 365 W 0 %
Length 314 mm 0 % 292 mm 7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 590
Overall Score 46114 0 % 29379 36.3 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 11 % 63.3 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 8632 59.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 690.8 0 % 396.4 42.6 %
Average DirectX performance 65.5 FPS 0 % 34.3 FPS 47.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 128.1 FPS 0 % 73.3 FPS 42.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.7 FPS 0 % 18.1 FPS 58.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.1 FPS 0 % 44.8 FPS 17.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 97.2 %
Graphic card computing 3074.1 operations/s 0 % 1163.2 operations/s 62.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 590.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 58.7 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 105.7 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 126.9 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 177.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 43 %

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 590.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 48.2 FPS
High settings 138.3 FPS 86.7 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 104.0 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 145.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.3 %
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