GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon R9 290

GeForce GTX 970
Radeon R9 290
1664 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1178MHz
2560 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
947MHz
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
FP32
4.85 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
145W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Architecture
GCN 2
Family
GeForce 900
Family
Radeon R 200
Codename
NV124
GM204
Variant
GM204-200
Codename
Hawaii
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Variant
Hawaii Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/18/2014
Release Date
11/5/2013
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Die Size
438 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Transistor Density
14.16M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1664 Shaders
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Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
104 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
160 TMUs
Render Output Units
56 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
13 SMs
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Compute Units
40 CUs
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1050MHz Base
1178MHz
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947MHz
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FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
FP32
4.85 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.61 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
65.968 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
60.608 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
122.512 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
151.52 GTexel/s
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
1.8MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
512Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
320GB/s
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TDP
145W
TDP
250W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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2x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Model
NVENC 3
Model
VCE 2.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 4.2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
7
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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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
4-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
275 mm (10.83 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
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