Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon R9 290X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 690
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 3 May 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 290X
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 24 Oct 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 690110%
- Radeon R9 290X100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 690112%
- Radeon R9 290X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 690
- 12% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 the Radeon R9 290X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 690
The GeForce GTX 690 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 290X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-355-A2) | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 44 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | 176 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 290X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 290X |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 3 May 2012 | 24 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 69058.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 290X64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 690234.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 290X176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 690384.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 290X320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6905622.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 290X5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 69017860
- Radeon R9 290X16210
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 69098
- Radeon R9 290X92
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 690118
- Radeon R9 290X95
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 69078
- Radeon R9 290X55
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 69072
- Radeon R9 290X80
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 69068
- Radeon R9 290X67
FPS (higher is better)