GeForce GTX TITAN vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
GeForce GTX TITAN
100%
Radeon R9 290
109%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX TITAN
100%
Radeon R9 290
110%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX TITAN |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 10% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (25 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-400-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 | 2688 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 836 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | | 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 | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX TITAN | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Feb 2013 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX TITAN
46.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
187.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
4494.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
14150
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
58
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX TITAN
55
Radeon R9 290
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
71
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN
42
Radeon R9 290
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX TITAN
57
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
40
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
39
Radeon R9 290
38
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX TITAN
41
Radeon R9 290
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
74
Radeon R9 290
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
50
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN
31
Radeon R9 290
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN
60
Radeon R9 290
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX TITAN
38
Radeon R9 290
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
30
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
23
Radeon R9 290
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
25
Radeon R9 290
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN
17
Radeon R9 290
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX TITAN
20
Radeon R9 290
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
19
Radeon R9 290
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX TITAN
81
Radeon R9 290
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
101
Radeon R9 290
90
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
61
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN
66
Radeon R9 290
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
89
Radeon R9 290
77
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX TITAN
67
Radeon R9 290
63
FPS (higher is better)