The GeForce GTX 960 is the comparison's loser – it's a much slower gaming GPU than the Radeon R9 290X and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $45.00 more expensive!
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 960
- Consumes up to 59% less energy – 120 vs 290 Watts
Advantages of the Radeon R9 290X
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 18% cheaper – $210.00 vs $255.00
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 4 vs 2 GB
GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 290X for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
Radeon R9 290X
Oct 24th, 2013
Average FPS
67
100%
Min 1% FPS
33
100%
Price, $
$210
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.13/FPS
100%
GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 290X in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 290X in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 290X in core GPU performance specifications
GeForce GTX 960
Jan 22nd, 2015
Memory
2 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
35%
Pixel Fillrate
37.7 GPixel/s
59%
Texture Fillrate
75.39 GTexel/s
43%
FP32
2.413 TFLOPS
43%
Radeon R9 290X
Oct 24th, 2013
Memory
4 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
320 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
64 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
176 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
5.632 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
GeForce GTX 960 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | Radeon R9 290X |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
Jan 22nd, 2015 | Release Date | Oct 24th, 2013 |
$199.00 | MSRP | $549.00 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
120 W | Power Consumption | 290 W |
| Memory | ||
| 2 GB | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Memory Bus | 512-bit |
| 112.2 GB/s | Bandwidth | 320 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 37.7 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 64 GPixel/s |
| 75.39 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 176 GTexel/s |
| 2.413 TFLOPS | FP32 | 5.632 TFLOPS |
