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
TDP
250W
TDP
195W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
-

Peak AI Performance

  • 42% faster vs GeForce GTX 680
  • 30% slower vs Radeon R9 290
Radeon R9 290 - 4.85 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 680 - 3.41 TOPS INT32
x1

FP32

  • 42% faster vs GeForce GTX 680
  • 30% slower vs Radeon R9 290
Radeon R9 290 - 4.85 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 680 - 3.41 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 66% faster vs GeForce GTX 680
  • 40% slower vs Radeon R9 290
Radeon R9 290 - 320GB/s
x1.66
GeForce GTX 680 - 192.3GB/s
x1
  • 28% higher vs GeForce GTX 680
  • 22% lower vs Radeon R9 290
Radeon R9 290 - 250W
x1.28
GeForce GTX 680 - 195W
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 2
Architecture
Kepler
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 600
Codename
Hawaii
-
Variant
Hawaii Pro
Codename
NVE4
GK104
Variant
GK104-400-A2
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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