Radeon R9 290X and GeForce GTX 960 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 960
Radeon R9 290X
7648
GeForce GTX 960
6254
Radeon R9 290X
GeForce GTX 960
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
GM206
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2013
January 2015
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
-
400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
1x 6-pins
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1127 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1024
Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
176.0
72 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
112 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
-
4 displays
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DisplayPort support
+
-
G-SYNC support
-
+
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
2.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.4
Shader Model
6.3
6.4
Vulkan
+
+
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-