AMD Radeon R9 290X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 290X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

HawaiiGPU NameGK110B
Hawaii XT
(215-0852000)
Model numberGK110-300-B1
GCN 2.0ArchitectureKepler
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
6,200 millionTransistors7,080 million
438 mm²Die Size561 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 24th, 2013Release DateSep 10th, 2013
Volcanic Islands
(R9 200)
FamilyGeForce 700
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
549 USDLaunch Price649 USD
Sea IslandsPredecessorGeForce 600
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
512 bitMemory Bus384 bit
320.0 GB/sBandwidth288.4 GB/s

Performance

64.00 GPixel/sPixel fillrate43.30 GPixel/s
176.0 GTexel/sTexture fillrate173.2 GTexel/s
5.632 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.156 TFLOPS
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)FP64 (double) performance173.2 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

2816Shading Units2304
176TMUs192
64ROPs48
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
1024 KBL2 Cache1536 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
275 mm
10.8 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
109 mm
4.3 inches
Width111 mm
4.4 inches
36 mm
1.4 inches
Height38 mm
1.5 inches
290 WThermal design power (TDP)250 W
600 WSuggested PSU600 W
2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
C671-57Board NumberP2083 SKU 21

API support

12 (12_0)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
2.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
6.3Shader Model5.1