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| Radeon R9 390 vs GeForce GTX 970 |
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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 390 vs 970 among Desktop GPUs
Gaming | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more |
Graphics | |
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T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more |
Computing | |
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Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more |
Performance per Watt | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more |
Value | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more |
Noise and Power | |
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TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Significantly more memory | 8,192 MB | vs | 4,096 MB | 2x more memory | |||
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Better floating-point performance | 5,120 GFLOPS | vs | 3,494 GFLOPS | More than 45% better floating-point performance | |||
Higher texture rate | 160 GTexel/s | vs | 109.2 GTexel/s | More than 45% higher texture rate | |||
Significantly more shading units | 2,560 | vs | 1,664 | 896 more shading units | |||
Significantly more texture mapping units | 160 | vs | 104 | 56 more texture mapping units | |||
Much wider memory bus | 512 bit | vs | 256 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
More render output processors | 64 | vs | 56 | 8 more render output processors | |||
Better face detection score | 120.3 mPixels/s | vs | 105.04 mPixels/s | Around 15% better face detection score | |||
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Higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 6,000 MHz | More than 15% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
Slightly better PassMark score | 8,563 | vs | 7,942 | Around 10% better PassMark score | |||
Higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,500 MHz | More than 15% higher memory clock speed | |||
Significantly lower TDP | 148W | vs | 275W | More than 45% lower TDP | |||
Higher metro: last light framerate | 83.8 | vs | 75 | More than 10% higher metro: last light framerate | |||
Better PassMark direct compute score | 4,375 | vs | 3,904 | More than 10% better PassMark direct compute score |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 390 vs GeForce GTX 970
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Radeon R9 390
607.36 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 970
212.39 mHash/s
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Radeon R9 390
120.3 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 970
105.04 mPixels/s
Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
Radeon R9 390
3,168.89 frames/s
GeForce GTX 970
1,225.93 frames/s
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Radeon R9 390
72.81
GeForce GTX 970
72.7
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Radeon R9 390
418.55
GeForce GTX 970
428.4
Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Radeon R9 390
21.89
GeForce GTX 970
22.23
Bioshock Infinite
GeForce GTX 970
112.8
Metro: Last Light
GeForce GTX 970
83.8
Reviews Word on the street
Radeon R9 390 | vs | GeForce GTX 970 | ||
![]() | 8.6 | 9.7 |
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