GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 760
100%
Radeon R9 290X
188%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 760
100%
Radeon R9 290X
196%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760 |
| 120 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X |
| 96% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290X
The Radeon R9 290X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (38 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-225-A2) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 760 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jun 2013 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 760
23.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
94.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
2258.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760
8600
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 760
30
Radeon R9 290X
57
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
18
Radeon R9 290X
35.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
69.8
Radeon R9 290X
120.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
46.3
Radeon R9 290X
74.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 760
34
Radeon R9 290X
66
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
72.7
Radeon R9 290X
113.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
50.2
Radeon R9 290X
105.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
28.5
Radeon R9 290X
46.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 760
35
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 760
46
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 760
22
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 760
20
Radeon R9 290X
41
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
9.9
Radeon R9 290X
22.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
42.8
Radeon R9 290X
77.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
30.1
Radeon R9 290X
49.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 760
41
Radeon R9 290X
62
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
52.7
Radeon R9 290X
89.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
34.7
Radeon R9 290X
76.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
17
Radeon R9 290X
29.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 760
23
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 760
31
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 760
37
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 760
17
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 760
12
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
9.4
Radeon R9 290X
20.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
20
Radeon R9 290X
38.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
14.5
Radeon R9 290X
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
29.7
Radeon R9 290X
56.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
20.1
Radeon R9 290X
48.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 760
9.7
Radeon R9 290X
20.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 760
6
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 760
9
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 760
54
Radeon R9 290X
92
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 760
64
Radeon R9 290X
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 760
39
Radeon R9 290X
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 760
52
Radeon R9 290X
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 760
54
Radeon R9 290X
82
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 760
41
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)