GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
GeForce GTX 560
100%
Radeon R9 290
387%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 560
100%
Radeon R9 290
285%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 185% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-325-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 336 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 17 May 2011 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 560
11.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560
45.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560
128.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560
1089.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560
3980
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 560
27
Radeon R9 290
77
FPS (higher is better)