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    GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs Radeon R9 290

    GeForce GTX 555 OEM
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 14 May 2011
    GeForce GTX 555 OEM
    Radeon R9 290
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 5 Nov 2013
    Radeon R9 290

    Summary

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 555 OEM

    125 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
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon R9 290

    HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290

    Based on theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 555 OEMRadeon R9 290
    GPU NameGF114 ()vsHawaii (Hawaii PRO)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size332 mm²vs438 mm²
    Transistors1,950 millionvs6,200 million
    Shaders288vs2560
    Compute Units6vs40
    Core clock736 MHzvs947 MHz
    ROPs24vs64
    TMUs48vs160

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 555 OEMRadeon R9 290
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs512 bit
    Memory Speed957 MHz
    3828 MHz effective    		vs1250 MHz
    5000 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 555 OEMRadeon R9 290
    TDP150 wattsvs275 watts
    Release Date14 May 2011vs5 Nov 2013

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
      8.83 GP/s
    • Radeon R9 290
      60.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
      35.30 GT/s
    • Radeon R9 290
      152.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
      91.90 GB/s
    • Radeon R9 290
      320.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
      847.90 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R9 290
      4849.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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