GeForce GTX 770 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 770
100%
Radeon R9 290X
144%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 770
100%
Radeon R9 290X
161%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 770 |
| 60 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 |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X |
| 61% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (45 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 770 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-425-A2) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1046 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 770 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 770 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 230 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 30 May 2013 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 770
33.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
134.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
224.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
3213.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
11180
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 770
36
Radeon R9 290X
57
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
21.7
Radeon R9 290X
35.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
85.2
Radeon R9 290X
120.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
56.1
Radeon R9 290X
74.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 770
40
Radeon R9 290X
66
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
86.1
Radeon R9 290X
113.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
64.8
Radeon R9 290X
105.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
33.8
Radeon R9 290X
46.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 770
72
Radeon R9 290X
73
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 770
58
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 770
29
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 770
46
Radeon R9 290X
64
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 770
27
Radeon R9 290X
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 770
24
Radeon R9 290X
41
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
11.3
Radeon R9 290X
22.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
52.9
Radeon R9 290X
77.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
36.6
Radeon R9 290X
49.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 770
30
Radeon R9 290X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 770
52
Radeon R9 290X
62
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
63.7
Radeon R9 290X
89.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
44.8
Radeon R9 290X
76.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
20.1
Radeon R9 290X
29.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 770
42
Radeon R9 290X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 770
41
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 770
45
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 770
23
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 770
33
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 770
19
Radeon R9 290X
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 770
14
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
10.4
Radeon R9 290X
20.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
25.1
Radeon R9 290X
38.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
17.6
Radeon R9 290X
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
37
Radeon R9 290X
56.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
26.5
Radeon R9 290X
48.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
13.1
Radeon R9 290X
20.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 770
19
Radeon R9 290X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 770
13
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 770
6
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 770
9
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 770
67
Radeon R9 290X
92
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 770
81
Radeon R9 290X
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 770
49
Radeon R9 290X
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 770
61
Radeon R9 290X
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 770
64
Radeon R9 290X
82
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 770
50
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)