GeForce GTX 780 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Radeon R9 290
112%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Radeon R9 290
109%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290 |
| 9% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (16 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 780
79
Radeon R9 290
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 780
93
Radeon R9 290
90
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
55
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
65
Radeon R9 290
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
80
Radeon R9 290
77
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 780
58
Radeon R9 290
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
52
Radeon R9 290
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
68
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
39
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
36
Radeon R9 290
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
73
Radeon R9 290
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
47
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
54
Radeon R9 290
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
29
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
24
Radeon R9 290
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
19
Radeon R9 290
21
FPS (higher is better)