The Radeon R9 290X is a much slower gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, however, it's a much better value for money, as it's $788.00 cheaper!
Advantages of the Radeon R9 290X
- Up to 79% cheaper – $210.00 vs $998.00
- A much better value for money for gaming
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980 Ti
- A much faster GPU for gaming
- Consumes up to 14% less energy – 250 vs 290 Watts
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory – 6 vs 4 GB
Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
Radeon R9 290X
Oct 24th, 2013
Average FPS
67
84%
Min 1% FPS
33
79%
Price, $
$210
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.13/FPS
100%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Jun 2nd, 2015
Average FPS
80
100%
Min 1% FPS
42
100%
Price, $
$998
21%
Value, $/FPS
$12.47/FPS
25%
Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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 Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti in core GPU performance specifications
Radeon R9 290X
Oct 24th, 2013
Memory
4 GB
67%
Memory Bandwidth
320 GB/s
95%
Pixel Fillrate
64 GPixel/s
62%
Texture Fillrate
176 GTexel/s
93%
FP32
5.632 TFLOPS
93%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Jun 2nd, 2015
Memory
6 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
336.6 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
103.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
189.4 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
6.06 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon R9 290X | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Oct 24th, 2013 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2015 |
$549.00 | MSRP | $649.00 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 290 W | Power Consumption | 250 W |
| Memory | ||
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 6 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 512-bit | Memory Bus | 384-bit |
| 320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 336.6 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 64 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 103.3 GPixel/s |
| 176 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 189.4 GTexel/s |
| 5.632 TFLOPS | FP32 | 6.06 TFLOPS |
