GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 580
100%
Radeon R9 290X
245%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 580
100%
Radeon R9 290X
204%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
| 46 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 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X |
| 104% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290X
The Radeon R9 290X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 772 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 244 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Nov 2010 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
6600
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
29
Radeon R9 290X
62
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 580
47
Radeon R9 290X
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
27
Radeon R9 290X
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 580
34
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)