amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 290
4GB GDDR5 275W $399 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
VS
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W $329 Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 275 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 104 |
| ROPs | 64 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.849 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3535
AMD Radeon R9 290
3574 (+1%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
41610 (+44%)
AMD Radeon R9 290
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8150
AMD Radeon R9 290
9637 (+18%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+34%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+47%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+43%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+13%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+9%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+11%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 970 (+3%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+3%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+0%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+2%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+10%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+9%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+22%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+24%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+16%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+7%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+31%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
39
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290
VS
+8%
42
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
87
Wins
39
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
35%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
146
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
59%
Win Rate
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