GeForce GTX 780 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
100%
Radeon R9 290X
101%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
100%
Radeon R9 290X
111%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 Ti |
| 40 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 11% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (77 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 Ti | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110B (GK110-425-B1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2880 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 875 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 240 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 Ti | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 Ti | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Nov 2013 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
52.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
210.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
336.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
5040.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
16040
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
63
Radeon R9 290X
57
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
33.6
Radeon R9 290X
35.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
128.3
Radeon R9 290X
120.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
82.2
Radeon R9 290X
74.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
55
Radeon R9 290X
66
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
99
Radeon R9 290X
113.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
102.9
Radeon R9 290X
105.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
49.3
Radeon R9 290X
46.2
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
75
Radeon R9 290X
100
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
85
Radeon R9 290X
73
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
65.4
Radeon R9 290X
71.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
58
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
74
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
43
Radeon R9 290X
75
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
107.4
Radeon R9 290X
107.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
96
Radeon R9 290X
81.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
93.8
Radeon R9 290X
99.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
60
Radeon R9 290X
60
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
74.4
Radeon R9 290X
88.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
43
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
64
Radeon R9 290X
64
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
49
Radeon R9 290X
61
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
77.6
Radeon R9 290X
74.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
42
Radeon R9 290X
41
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
20.4
Radeon R9 290X
22.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
79.2
Radeon R9 290X
77.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
53.5
Radeon R9 290X
49.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
41
Radeon R9 290X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
78
Radeon R9 290X
62
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
78.7
Radeon R9 290X
89.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
71.1
Radeon R9 290X
76.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
30
Radeon R9 290X
29.9
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
54
Radeon R9 290X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
50
Radeon R9 290X
47
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
45.4
Radeon R9 290X
51.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
40
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
52
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
32
Radeon R9 290X
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
63
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
70.5
Radeon R9 290X
72.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
62.7
Radeon R9 290X
49.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
67.4
Radeon R9 290X
71.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
41
Radeon R9 290X
43
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
54.4
Radeon R9 290X
66.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
32
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
48
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
37
Radeon R9 290X
44
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
55.1
Radeon R9 290X
54.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
26
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
18.6
Radeon R9 290X
20.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
36.9
Radeon R9 290X
38.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
26.3
Radeon R9 290X
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
10
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
48.2
Radeon R9 290X
56.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
42.4
Radeon R9 290X
48.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
19.4
Radeon R9 290X
20.7
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
24
Radeon R9 290X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
24
Radeon R9 290X
22
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
23.8
Radeon R9 290X
28.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
21
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
27
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
18
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
35
Radeon R9 290X
36.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
29.6
Radeon R9 290X
25.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
34.8
Radeon R9 290X
39.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
21
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
26.5
Radeon R9 290X
33.5
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
21
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
25
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
19
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
28.3
Radeon R9 290X
30.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
87
Radeon R9 290X
92
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
112
Radeon R9 290X
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
62
Radeon R9 290X
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
65
Radeon R9 290X
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
95
Radeon R9 290X
82
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
70
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)