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GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X

GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

1 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Logo
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB Graphics Card (1024 MB, GDDR5, PCI-E 2.0 16x, DVI-I x 2, Mini-HDMI, SLI-Capable)

Buy for $69 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74098 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

AMD Radeon R9 290X

4 GB GDDR5 | 512-bit

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
XFX Radeon R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 512 bit DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card (R9290XENFC)

Buy for $210 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74098 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

1 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Logo
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB Graphics Card (1024 MB, GDDR5, PCI-E 2.0 16x, DVI-I x 2, Mini-HDMI, SLI-Capable)

Buy for $69 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74098 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

AMD Radeon R9 290X

4 GB GDDR5 | 512-bit

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
XFX Radeon R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 512 bit DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card (R9290XENFC)

Buy for $210 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74098 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon R9 290X outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 560 Ti on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon R9 290X is 1003 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

  • Up to 67% cheaper than Radeon R9 290X - $69.0 vs $210.0
  • Consumes up to 41% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290X - 170 vs 290 Watts

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • Performs up to 20% better in HITMAN 2 than GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 122 vs 102 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 4 vs 1 GB
This is a free version of HITMAN 2.
HITMAN 2

HITMAN 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Logo
GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2011


FPS

102

83.60655737704919%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$69

100%

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB Graphics Card (1024 MB, GDDR5, PCI-E 2.0 16x, DVI-I x 2, Mini-HDMI, SLI-Capable)

Buy for $69 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74098 minutes ago

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013


FPS

122

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$210

32%

FPS Winner

XFX Radeon R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 512 bit DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card (R9290XENFC)

Buy for $210 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74098 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Logo
GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2011

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Logo
GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

13.17 GPixel/s

20.578125%

Texel Fillrate

52.67 GTexel/s

29.926136363636363%

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

64 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

176 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

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AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Jan 25th, 2011Release Date
Oct 24th, 2013
GeForce 500GenerationVolcanic Islands
$249
MSRP$549
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIOutputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1 GBMemory
4 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus512-bit
128.3 GB/sBandwidth
320 GB/s
823 MHzBase Clock Speed
1000 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock SpeedNot Available
1002 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1250 MHz

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