GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 290X vs TITAN among Desktop GPUs

Gaming

Radeon R9 290X
7.5
GeForce GTX TITAN
8.0
GeForce GTX 970
7.6
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

Radeon R9 290X
8.7
GeForce GTX TITAN
8.8
GeForce GTX 970
7.3
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

Radeon R9 290X
8.5
GeForce GTX TITAN
7.2
GeForce GTX 970
7.0
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

Radeon R9 290X
7.9
GeForce GTX TITAN
8.1
GeForce GTX 970
8.4
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

Radeon R9 290X
5.2
GeForce GTX TITAN
5.0
GeForce GTX 970
5.2
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

Radeon R9 290X
7.5
GeForce GTX TITAN
7.6
GeForce GTX 970
8.8
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
7.8

Overall Score

Radeon R9 290X
7.8
GeForce GTX TITAN
7.7
GeForce GTX 970
7.3

Winner
AMD Radeon R9 290X 

GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon R9 290X  based on its benchmarks.

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon R9 290X

Reasons to consider the
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Much better 3DMark 11 graphics score 32,271 vs 14,090 More than 2.2x better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Much higher hitman: absolution framerate 58.5 vs 44 Around 35% higher hitman: absolution framerate
Higher clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 836 MHz Around 20% higher clock speed
Higher memory bandwidth 320 GB/s vs 288.4 GB/s More than 10% higher memory bandwidth
Better floating-point performance 5,632 GFLOPS vs 4,494 GFLOPS More than 25% better floating-point performance
Higher pixel rate 64 GPixel/s vs 46.8 GPixel/s More than 35% higher pixel rate
More render output processors 64 vs 48 16 more render output processors
Better T-Rex score 10.64 frames/s vs 7.67 frames/s Around 40% better T-Rex score
Higher turbo clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 876 MHz Around 15% higher turbo clock speed
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Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN

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Much better 3DMark06 score 38,420 vs 16,167.5 Around 2.5x better 3DMark06 score
More memory 6,144 MB vs 4,096 MB 50% more memory
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 46,180 vs 42,403.5 Around 10% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Higher effective memory clock speed 6,008 MHz vs 5,000 MHz More than 20% higher effective memory clock speed
More texture mapping units 224 vs 176 48 more texture mapping units
Higher memory clock speed 1,502 MHz vs 1,250 MHz More than 20% higher memory clock speed
Higher BioShock infinite framerate 103.7 fps vs 94.9 fps Around 10% higher BioShock infinite framerate
Slightly better PassMark direct compute score 4,121 vs 3,505 Around 20% better PassMark direct compute score
Lower TDP 250W vs 300W More than 15% lower TDP

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

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 290X
623.57 mHash/s
GeForce GTX TITAN
245.66 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 290X
118.16 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX TITAN
62.03 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 290X
2,413.46 frames/s
GeForce GTX TITAN
1,363.85 frames/s

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 290X
73.56
GeForce GTX TITAN
74.87

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 290X
432.74
GeForce GTX TITAN
438.06

Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 290X
22.09
GeForce GTX TITAN
22.78

Metro: Last Light

Radeon R9 290X
77.5
GeForce GTX TITAN
42

Hitman: Absolution

Radeon R9 290X
58.5
GeForce GTX TITAN
44

Reviews Word on the street

Radeon R9 290X  vs GeForce GTX TITAN 
9.2
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8.9
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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.
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Comments

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Alexander Yordanov (04:39 PM, March 9, 2016)
I wonder how you feel these days when the 290 is smashing the 780 TI and Titan in new games lol...
GroundHound 101 (05:20 PM, July 20, 2015)
Can I have one? xD
Darron Andrews (10:36 PM, June 24, 2015)
Maybe someday bobby I'll get the fx8250 8 core but just don't need it tbh
Darron Andrews (10:34 PM, June 24, 2015)
Can't see a bottleneck in the games I play..cpu is usually only half used. Yes it would be a bottleneck if the cpu had all 6 cores at 100% and game was running slow and juttering but I'm not getting that
Bobbybrown (10:08 PM, June 24, 2015)
Nice bottleneck....LOL
POWERRUSH (10:03 PM, February 4, 2015)
this a lie
razor12380 (08:03 AM, January 18, 2015)
Thats true AMD please develop more cards at lower prices plese because your awesome your th thing which keeps us middle class people gaming
Mordorson (08:54 PM, December 26, 2014)
Also, went and looked at some actual benchmarks. The R9 290X beats the Titan in 7/10 benchmarks with the reference cooler. The 290X most definitely was a Titan killer. Jbmeth007, you're an idiot.
jo (10:26 PM, December 14, 2014)
290x fucking rapes the titan in most games. all you nivdia fans, if you are gamers, you are choosing the wroung path. Literally all of the 33 at counting games that I play all support amd. I only have 1 game titan fall that is supported by nivdia. im not a fanboy becuase i also do use nvidia on my workstation. But on my gaming rig I choose amd.
Darron Andrews (04:48 AM, October 23, 2014)
so far reading down here the comments are becoming more like the r9 290 vs the r9 290X with it big price tag for a few more fps. i just did a major leap from having a dual2core 3.16ghz, 4gb ram, conroe1333 dvi/h mobo, and radeon hd 5770 1gb gddr5 card system to a far better AMD FX6300 3.5(4.1) chip, 8gb ddr3 1333 mhz ram, gigabyte ga-970a-ds3p, and a gorgeous wee sapphire r9 290 4gb gddr5 tri-x card, and ive played BF4, skyrim,titanfall, crysis 3, diablo 3 and blackops 2 and now shadows of mordor so far and with every graphics setting given up full and so far everyone of them are fast and visualy stunning and its all i need. and at 1080p. no stutters, glitches crashes. its sweet. So who the frig wants to waste money on a 290x or even a titan?. Now i waited and waited on prices dropping but no...but as always..they dont drop till you actually goto buy one. i was livid.i hear a report now of the 290x coming down in price.and ive only had my system for a fortnight..but you know what F it. i got mine on ebay for 240 squid..woohoo and im laughin. oh if you look them tests above say they were done on an SLI ... Please note that we are discussing 2560x1600 here because it is the absolute minimum resolution you should use for 290X CrossFire.Radeon R9 290X
Jay (02:12 PM, September 23, 2014)
this site loves nvidia thats why
Jay (02:09 PM, September 23, 2014)
yeah cause its really worth the hundreds of pounds for 6 FPS!! you are so dumb
Delsin Kenway (12:26 AM, September 9, 2014)
biased much bro haha you are the true fanboy you deserve a medal
Delsin Kenway (12:24 AM, September 9, 2014)
the titan may have double precision however in real world applications the 290x beat the titan in most scenarios both in stock and overclocked configurations in both crossfire/sli and single cards so where do you get your info GPUboss
Pherocks (09:26 AM, July 4, 2014)
Half the price and equal performance + scores better in tons of games then the overpriced Nvidia Titan. These paid biased gpu sites are a joke. Imagen putting 2 of those 290x in your system versus 1 titan for the same price......dear lord......its a assrape of epic proportion. NVidia should lower their retarded prices. Glad we have this competition <3
mu (06:32 AM, July 1, 2014)
whats "so much more"?
mu (06:16 AM, July 1, 2014)
and its worth 4-5x the price of the 290? never on this earth. overpriced bullshit.
Sean Calcé (10:47 PM, June 16, 2014)
rude and unrelated, get some sleep kid.
Tyler (11:47 PM, June 12, 2014)
haha, wow, this is the ONE site that says the titan beats the 290x, every where else says other wise, just goes to show this site lies
Mordorson (02:07 AM, May 27, 2014)
Titan already has decent reference cooling, the reference 290X gets throttled down to about 700MHz by the time its done heating up, if it stays cool, it'll give much better performance than the reference cooler gives it.
Mordorson (06:16 AM, May 14, 2014)
"when you want the best. You have to pay" I find it hard hard to justify a $400-$500 price difference with a less than 10% performance difference. You could buy two R9 290X cards for the price of a Titan, and get about 190% of the performance. Also, there's reason you consider the price/performance ratio, not everyone is made of money. Also, since money is no object, why wouldn't you just get the R9 295X2 that was recently released? It's going to be the most powerful card on the market for a while, so why not, right?
Jacob Brewer (05:03 AM, May 12, 2014)
here comes 295x bitches
Wind1000100 . (08:40 AM, April 28, 2014)
Titan Killer. Titan is double the price for a slight performance increase.
Wind1000100 . (08:40 AM, April 28, 2014)
Yeah... double the price for 5 more FPS.
Wind1000100 . (08:36 AM, April 28, 2014)
Yeah, and it's double the price.
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