GeForce GTX 780 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Radeon R9 290X
117%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Radeon R9 290X
117%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 17% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (19 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | 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 | 2304 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 780
79
Radeon R9 290X
92
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 780
93
Radeon R9 290X
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
55
Radeon R9 290X
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
65
Radeon R9 290X
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
80
Radeon R9 290X
82
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 780
58
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
52
Radeon R9 290X
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
68
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
39
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
57
Radeon R9 290X
64
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
36
Radeon R9 290X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
73
Radeon R9 290X
62
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
47
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
54
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
29
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
43
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
24
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
19
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
23
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)