GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon R9 390
Summary
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Radeon R9 390
113%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Radeon R9 390
110%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| 127 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 390 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390 |
| 10% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 390
The Radeon R9 390 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (25 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) | vs | Grenada (Grenada PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1664 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 13 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1050 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 56 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 104 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| TDP | 148 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 390
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 390
160.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
Radeon R9 390
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390
5120.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Radeon R9 390
17820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 970
64
Radeon R9 390
58
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
47
Radeon R9 390
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
53
Radeon R9 390
61
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
76
Radeon R9 390
83
FPS (higher is better)
Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
54
Radeon R9 390
52
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
77
Radeon R9 390
87
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
62
Radeon R9 390
75
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 970
64
Radeon R9 390
73
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
44
Radeon R9 390
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 970
41
Radeon R9 390
38
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
36
Radeon R9 390
33
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
37
Radeon R9 390
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
44
Radeon R9 390
56
FPS (higher is better)
Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
39
Radeon R9 390
42
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
45
Radeon R9 390
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 970
45
Radeon R9 390
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
30
Radeon R9 390
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 970
25
Radeon R9 390
24
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
25
Radeon R9 390
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
18
Radeon R9 390
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
20
Radeon R9 390
27
FPS (higher is better)
Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
21
Radeon R9 390
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
26
Radeon R9 390
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 970
23
Radeon R9 390
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 970
16
Radeon R9 390
18
FPS (higher is better)