GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
258%
Radeon R9 290
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| 158% higher gaming performance. |
| 55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP102 (GP102-350-K1-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 471 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,000 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 3584 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1480 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 88 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 352 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1376 MHz
11008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 11264 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 220 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
130.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
332.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
10609.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118
Radeon R9 290
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
170
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
175
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
140
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
131
Radeon R9 290
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
101
Radeon R9 290
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
144
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
121
Radeon R9 290
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
108
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
97
Radeon R9 290
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
58
Radeon R9 290
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
78
Radeon R9 290
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
60
Radeon R9 290
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
66
Radeon R9 290
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
56
Radeon R9 290
24
FPS (higher is better)