AMD Radeon R9 290X Vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	341	399
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.30	3.81
Power efficiency	4.70	4.76
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Hawaii	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	24 October 2013 (12 years ago)	30 May 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

R9 290X has 13% better value for money than GTX 770.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2816	1536
Core clock speed	no data	1046 MHz
Boost clock speed	947 MHz	1085 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	230 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	98 °C
Texture fill rate	176.0	138.9
Floating-point processing power	5.632 TFLOPS	3.333 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	176	128
L1 Cache	704 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	1024 KB	512 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	267 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	no data	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1753 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	224.3 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
DisplayPort support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data
Blu Ray 3D	-	+
3D Gaming	-	+
3D Vision	-	+
PhysX	-	+
3D Vision Live	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	2.1	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	-	+