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
Launch date | 22 January 2015 vs 24 October 2013 |
Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz vs 947 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 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 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8623 vs 6080
- Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 673
- 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43456 vs 18677
- Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 114.883 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
- Around 72% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3927 vs 2284
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 176.0 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 2816 vs 1024 |
Floating-point performance | 5,632 gflops vs 2,413 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 8623 vs 6080 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 766 vs 673 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 43456 vs 18677 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 114.883 vs 73.733 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2460.464 vs 792.44 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 11.12 vs 4.888 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 120.942 vs 35.338 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 628.757 vs 200.825 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8729 vs 7218 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 7055 vs 3691 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 vs 3335 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8729 vs 7218 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 7055 vs 3691 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 vs 3335 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3927 vs 2284 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 6080 | 8623 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 | 766 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 18677 | 43456 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | 114.883 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 792.44 | 2460.464 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | 11.12 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | 120.942 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 | 628.757 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 | 8729 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | 7055 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | 3353 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 | 8729 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | 7055 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 | 3353 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2284 | 3927 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon R9 290X | |
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Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 2.0 |
Code name | GM206 | Hawaii |
Launch date | 22 January 2015 | 24 October 2013 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $549 |
Place in performance rating | 503 | 301 |
Price now | $229.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 34.63 | |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | 947 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1127 MHz | |
CUDA cores | 1024 | |
Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops | 5,632 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 1024 | 2816 |
Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec | 176.0 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 250 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,940 million | 6,200 million |
Stream Processors | 2560 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
HDCP | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | 275 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
SLI options | 2x | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 320 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 1250 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |