AMD Radeon R9 290 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 290
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon R9 290
4GB GDDR5 275W N/A Nov 2013
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W N/A Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 275 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 128 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.849 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 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 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
41610 (+24%)
AMD Radeon R9 290
33492
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8150
AMD Radeon R9 290
11113 (+36%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+60%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+76%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+71%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 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 980 (+34%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+30%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+32%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 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 980 (+24%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+15%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+18%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+19%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+15%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+9%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+9%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+2%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+4%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+3%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+10%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+10%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Wins!
Based on 252 benchmarks across 84 games
39
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290
VS
+27.5%
50
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
10
Wins
39
Avg FPS
32
Min FPS
4%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
234
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
93%
Win Rate
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