NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD Radeon R9 290
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and AMD Radeon R9 290 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 970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 947 MHz
- Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 275 Watt
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9638 vs 8293
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.107 vs 89.325
- Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 6300
- Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 6300
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 19 September 2014 vs 5 November 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz vs 947 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt vs 275 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9638 vs 8293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 105.107 vs 89.325 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11499 vs 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11499 vs 6300 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290
- Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
- Around 54% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1664
- Around 24% better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
- 714.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 769
- 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 28476
- Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1366.314 vs 1225.96
- Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 8.76
- 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.765 vs 35.714
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 540.645 vs 489.884
- Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3683 vs 3626
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 151.5 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 2560 vs 1664 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,849 gflops vs 3,920 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 775 vs 769 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 102277 vs 28476 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1366.314 vs 1225.96 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 10.034 vs 8.76 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 98.765 vs 35.714 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 540.645 vs 489.884 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3711 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 vs 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3711 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 vs 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3683 vs 3626 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon R9 290 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9638 | 8293 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 769 | 775 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 28476 | 102277 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 105.107 | 89.325 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1225.96 | 1366.314 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.76 | 10.034 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.714 | 98.765 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 489.884 | 540.645 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11499 | 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 | 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11499 | 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 | 3354 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3626 | 3683 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon R9 290 | |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Hawaii |
| Launch date | 19 September 2014 | 5 November 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $399 |
| Place in performance rating | 363 | 360 |
| Price now | $407.76 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 28.59 | |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | 947 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1664 | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,920 gflops | 4,849 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1664 | 2560 |
| Texture fill rate | 109 billion / sec | 151.5 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt | 275 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 6,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | 275 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| SLI options | 4x | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pins | 1x 6-pin + 1x 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 | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB / s | 320.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
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| GameStream | ||
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| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| Surround | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
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