AMD Radeon R9 290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 290

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
7.9x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
40x more pipelines: 2560 vs 64
25.3x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8256 vs 636
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 769 vs 427

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 15 July 2008
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2560 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8256 vs 636
PassMark - G2D Mark	769 vs 427

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 947 MHz
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 275 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 947 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8256

636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

769

427

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark	8256	636
PassMark - G2D Mark	769	427
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3694

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Tesla
Code name	Hawaii	G94
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	354	353
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2560	64
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
CUDA
SLI