Key Differences
In short — Radeon R9 290X outperforms the cheaper GeForce 210 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce 210 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon R9 290X is 1473 days newer than the cheaper GeForce 210.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290X
- Performs up to 20% better in Rust than GeForce 210 - 100 vs 83 FPS
- Up to 700% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce 210 - 4 vs 0.5 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 210
- Up to 83% cheaper than Radeon R9 290X - $35.99 vs $210.0
- Up to 80% better value when playing Rust than Radeon R9 290X - $0.43 vs $2.1 per FPS
- Consumes up to 89% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290X - 31 vs 290 Watts
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Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2009
Theoretical Performance
AMD Radeon R9 290X | vs | NVIDIA GeForce 210 |
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Oct 24th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 12th, 2009 |
Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 200 |
$549 | MSRP | Not Available |
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA |
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 0.5 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | DDR3 |
512-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s |
1000 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 520 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 400 MHz |