AMD Radeon R9 290 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon R9 290
$399
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
$500
2560 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
947MHz
|
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1110MHz
|
Peak AI Performance
4.85 TFLOPS
FP32
|
Peak AI Performance
3.41 TOPS
INT32
|
FP32
4.85 TFLOPS
|
FP32
3.41 TFLOPS
|
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
|
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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TDP
250W
|
TDP
195W
|
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
|
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
-
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Peak AI Performance
|
|
Radeon R9 290 - 4.85 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 680 - 3.41 TOPS INT32
x1
FP32
|
|
Radeon R9 290 - 4.85 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 680 - 3.41 TFLOPS FP32
x1
|
|
Radeon R9 290 - 320GB/s
x1.66
GeForce GTX 680 - 192.3GB/s
x1
|
|
Radeon R9 290 - 250W
x1.28
GeForce GTX 680 - 195W
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
|
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
|
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
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Manufacturer
AMD
|
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
AMD
|
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Architecture
GCN 2
|
Architecture
Kepler
|
Family
Radeon R 200
|
Family
GeForce 600
|
Codename
Hawaii
-
Variant
Hawaii Pro
|
Codename
NVE4
GK104
Variant
GK104-400-A2
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Market Segment
Desktop
|
Market Segment
Desktop
|
Release Date
11/5/2013
|
Release Date
3/22/2012
|
Foundry
TSMC
|
Foundry
TSMC
|
Fabrication Node
28nm
|
Fabrication Node
28nm
|
Die Size
438 mm²
|
Die Size
294 mm²
|
Transistor Count
6.2 Billion
|
Transistor Count
3.5 Billion
|
Transistor Density
14.16M/mm²
|
Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
|
Form
PCIe Card
|
Form
PCIe Card
|
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
|
Shading Units
1536 Shaders
|
Texture Mapping Units
160 TMUs
|
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
|
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
|
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
|
-
-
|
Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
|
Compute Units
40 CUs
|
-
-
|
-
947MHz
|
1006MHz Base
1110MHz
|
Peak AI Performance
4.85 TFLOPS
FP32
|
Peak AI Performance
3.41 TOPS
INT32
|
FP32
4.85 TFLOPS
|
FP32
3.41 TFLOPS
|
FP64
610 GFLOPS
|
FP64
140 GFLOPS
|
-
-
|
INT32
3.41 TOPS
|
Pixel Fillrate
60.608 GPixel/s
|
Pixel Fillrate
35.52 GPixel/s
|
Texture Fillrate
151.52 GTexel/s
|
Texture Fillrate
142.08 GTexel/s
|
L1
-
-
16KB/CU
|
L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
-
|
L2
1MB Shared
|
L2
512KB Shared
|
4GB
GDDR5
|
2GB
GDDR5
|
Bus Width
512Bit
|
Bus Width
256Bit
|
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
320GB/s
|
Clock
1502MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
192.3GB/s
|
TDP
250W
|
TDP
195W
|
-
2x DVI-D Dual-Link
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4
|
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4
|
Max Resolution
4096x2160
|
Max Resolution
4096x2304
|
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
|
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
|
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
|
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
|
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
|
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
|
Multi Monitor Support
3
|
Multi Monitor Support
3
|
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
|
-
-
|
Model
VCE 2.0
|
Model
NVENC 1
|
Codec
AVC (H.264)
|
Codec
AVC (H.264)
|
Model
UVD 4.2
|
Model
NVDEC 1
|
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
|
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
|
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
|
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
|
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
|
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
|
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
7
-
-
-
-
|
Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
|
1x Fan
|
1x Fan
|
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
|
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
-
|
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
|
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
|
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
|
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
|
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
275 mm (10.83 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
|
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
256 mm (10.08 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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