NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Vs AMD Radeon R9 290X - Technical City

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	270	342
Place by popularity	90	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.12	4.31
Power efficiency	11.96	4.70
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GM204	Hawaii
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	19 September 2014 (11 years ago)	24 October 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

GTX 970 has 181% better value for money than R9 290X.

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	1664	2816
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	947 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	148 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	122.5	176.0
Floating-point processing power	3.92 TFLOPS	5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs	56	64
TMUs	104	176
L1 Cache	624 KB	704 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	1024 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	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	275 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	320 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
Eyefinity	-	+
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort support	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

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	+
GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	+
CUDA	+	-