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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 660

AMD Radeon R9 290 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 logo
General information Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 660
Launched Q4 2013 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 3072 MB 25 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 3.4 % 980 MHz 0 %
Boost Clock 974 MHz 14.3 % 1137 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 15.3 % 6608 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 140 W 49.1 %
Length 314 mm 0 % 260 mm 17.2 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 660
Overall Score 46114 0 % 32143 30.3 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 21265 0 % 10331 51.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 690.8 0 % 475.6 31.2 %
Average DirectX performance 65.5 FPS 0 % 33.2 FPS 49.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 128.1 FPS 0 % 67.5 FPS 47.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 43.7 FPS 0 % 16.1 FPS 63.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.1 FPS 0 % 34.2 FPS 36.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 14.9 FPS 58.7 %
Graphic card computing 3074.1 operations/s 0 % 1773.1 operations/s 42.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 660.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 65.9 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 118.7 FPS
Medium settings 222.6 FPS 142.4 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 199.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 36 %

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 660.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.8 FPS 52.9 FPS
High settings 138.3 FPS 95.2 FPS
Medium settings 165.9 FPS 114.2 FPS
Low settings 232.3 FPS 159.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.1 %
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