NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 947 MHz
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

• 2.4x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
• 2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
• 2.3x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• 178.6x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8526 vs 6111
• Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 755 vs 673
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43410 vs 18734
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 117.322 vs 73.733
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 792.44
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.12 vs 4.888
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 35.338
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 628.757 vs 200.825
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8729 vs 7218
• Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3691
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3335
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8729 vs 7218
• Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3691
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3335
• 24.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3932 vs 162

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	6111 8526
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	673 755
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	18734 43410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	73.733 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	792.44 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.888 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.338 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	200.825 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	162 3932

Compare specifications (specs)