GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 290X vs 780

Gaming

Real world tests using the latest 3D games
Radeon R9 290X
N/A
GeForce GTX 780
N/A
crysis: warhead (2013), Crysis: Warhead (2012), Batman: Arkham City and 6 more

Benchmarks

Synthetic tests to measure overall performance
Radeon R9 290X
9.2
GeForce GTX 780
9.7
Passmark

Compute Performance

General computing tests executed on the GPU
Radeon R9 290X
8.9
GeForce GTX 780
9.4
Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013) and Passmark Direct Compute

Noise and Power

How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load
Radeon R9 290X
5.3
GeForce GTX 780
5.4
TDP

GPUBoss Score

Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power
Radeon R9 290X
8.7
GeForce GTX 780
9.2

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AMD Radeon R9 290X

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon R9 290X

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon R9 290X

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Higher clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 863 MHz More than 15% higher clock speed
More memory 4,096 MB vs 3,072 MB Around 35% more memory
Better floating-point performance 5,632 GFLOPS vs 3,977 GFLOPS More than 40% better floating-point performance
Significantly higher pixel rate 64 GPixel/s vs 41.4 GPixel/s Around 55% higher pixel rate
More render output processors 64 vs 48 16 more render output processors
Higher turbo clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 902 MHz More than 10% higher turbo clock speed
Slightly higher memory bandwidth 320 GB/s vs 288.4 GB/s More than 10% higher memory bandwidth
More shading units 2,816 vs 2,304 512 more shading units
Wider memory bus 512 bit vs 384 bit Around 35% wider memory bus
Front view of GeForce GTX 780

Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

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Better passmark score 7,940 vs 7,086 More than 10% better passmark score
Higher effective memory clock speed 6,008 MHz vs 5,000 MHz More than 20% higher effective memory clock speed
Better passmark direct compute score 4,076 vs 3,036 Around 35% better passmark direct compute score
Higher memory clock speed 1,502 MHz vs 1,250 MHz More than 20% higher memory clock speed
Slightly more texture mapping units 192 vs 176 16 more texture mapping units
Lower TDP 250W vs 300W More than 15% lower TDP

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 780

Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance

Radeon R9 290X
7,086
GeForce GTX 780
7,940
videocardbenchmark.net

BioShock Infinite 1920 x 1080 - Ultra preset + DX11 (DDOF)

Radeon R9 290X
94.9 fps
GeForce GTX 780
95.3 fps
Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 780 @ anandtech.com

Civilization 5 Texture Decomp (2013) Using the newest graphics cards Civ V can speed screen transitions by reducing texture sizes

Radeon R9 290X
373.9
GeForce GTX 780
365.9
Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 780 @ anandtech.com

Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute

Radeon R9 290X
3,036
GeForce GTX 780
4,076
videocardbenchmark.net

Reviews Word on the street

Radeon R9 290X  vs GeForce GTX 780 
9.3
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9.3
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Please note that we are discussing 2560x1600 here because it is the absolute minimum resolution you should use for 290X CrossFire.
Radeon R9 290X

Comments

Showing 15 comments.
JC Denton (09:45 PM, November 21, 2013)
FAKE, GpuBoss nvidia fanboy...
Jude Fiorillo (01:01 AM, November 8, 2013)
All our benchmarks have sources listed underneath. The Bioshock benchmark comes from AnandTech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7457/the-radeon-r9-290x-review/10
Jay (11:58 PM, November 7, 2013)
true
Jay (11:57 PM, November 7, 2013)
I understand the performance differences grow on higher resolutions. The fact is, no other review website that I could find, has the GTX 780 winning in Bioshock Infinite against a R9 290x at 1080p .
Jude Fiorillo (08:39 PM, November 7, 2013)
I'm sorry to hear that Jay. We are currently working on making changes to our system to collect more benchmarks at a higher resolution, which is where the R9 290X excels against other graphics cards, and will provide a more well rounded comparison at higher resolutions. It's not our intention to manipulate any data (we don't benefit either way), but we are aware of the issue and are working on it.
Jay (08:14 PM, November 7, 2013)
I work in the tech industry and often used this site as a quick and easy way to help customers decide which card is best. After reading this comparison, I will never use GPU boss or any of the other comparison sites like it again. This is a disgusting misstatement of basic objective tests that have been done on these two cards on many websites.
Amro Hegazy (03:43 AM, November 7, 2013)
Have faith in AMD, the card beats the 1000$ card with closed eyes Rome 2 http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/10 Hitman Absolution http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/11 Company of Heroes 2 http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/5 Grid 2 http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/12 Metro last light http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/4 GTX 780 won on BF3 res 1920 x 1080 and Bioshock Infinite same res ( higher res 290x owned them !!)
Albru123 (05:48 PM, November 6, 2013)
Price/performance ratio is on the red side, so the right choice is R9. But if someone wants performace without doubt, I will choose green.
ttt3008 (07:44 AM, November 5, 2013)
I think it is... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html I had high hopes for the 290x as well. But it looks like its again, another sub par product built to compete with the best in the business.
Cedric Scholz (06:14 PM, November 4, 2013)
yep
Jude Fiorillo (01:44 PM, October 31, 2013)
To clarify: we're updating our system to show a broader range of high resolution benchmarks, which is where the R9 290X excels against the Titan and the GTX 780. Right now we don't have full coverage of benchmarks for the R9, which is why the overall score is a bit lower than it would be - once we make these adjustments this will change. We're not trying to be biased and are working to round out our coverage!
Paky Mangano (12:30 AM, October 31, 2013)
Passmark give them reason, but i think we need to wait also for a 3d Mark11 bench
chenn (08:32 AM, October 30, 2013)
shame on you! nvidia fanboys.
Amro Hegazy (02:09 AM, October 30, 2013)
lol,this is not correct, http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290x-hawaii-review,3650-10.html
Paky (06:20 PM, October 29, 2013)
This is against whatever you can find on the internet...
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