NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

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Combined performance score

R9 390X
24.33
+68.7%

Radeon R9 390X outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 69% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking206329
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money12.621.92
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGrenada XTGK104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date16 June 2015 (8 years old)3 May 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$429 $999
Current price$19.99 (0x MSRP)$411 (0.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 390X has 557% better value for money than GTX 690.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores28161536
CUDA coresno data3072
Core clock speedno data915 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1019 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate184.8234 billion/sec
Floating-point performance5,914 gflops2x 3,130 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length275 mm11.0" (27.9 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pinTwo 8-pin
SLI optionsno data+
Bridgeless CrossFire1no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount0 MB4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bus width512 Bit512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed1050 MHz6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s384 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortTwo Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
Eyefinity+no data
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+Yes (via dongle)
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support+no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune+no data
TrueAudio+no data
ZeroCore-no data
VCE+no data
DDMA audio+no data
3D Blu-Rayno data+
3D Gamingno data+
3D Vision Liveno data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 390X 24.33
+68.7%
GTX 690 14.42

Radeon R9 390X outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 69% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 390X 9432
+68.7%
GTX 690 5590

Radeon R9 390X outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 69% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 390X 12389
GTX 690 13160
+6.2%

GeForce GTX 690 outperforms Radeon R9 390X by 6% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD91
+82%
50−55
−82%
4K47
+74.1%
27−30
−74.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+77.8%
27−30
−77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+79.2%
24−27
−79.2%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+75.6%
45−50
−75.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+80%
45−50
−80%
Hitman 3 70−75
+82.5%
40−45
−82.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+73.3%
30−33
−73.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+80%
30−33
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+74.1%
27−30
−74.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+77.8%
27−30
−77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+79.2%
24−27
−79.2%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+75.6%
45−50
−75.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+80%
45−50
−80%
Hitman 3 70−75
+82.5%
40−45
−82.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+73.3%
30−33
−73.3%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+80%
30−33
−80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+68.9%
45−50
−68.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+74.1%
27−30
−74.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+77.8%
27−30
−77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+79.2%
24−27
−79.2%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+75.6%
45−50
−75.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+80%
45−50
−80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 41
+70.8%
24−27
−70.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+74.1%
27−30
−74.1%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+76.2%
21−24
−76.2%
Hitman 3 40−45
+70.8%
24−27
−70.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+80%
30−33
−80%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+75%
24−27
−75%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+74.1%
27−30
−74.1%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+85.2%
27−30
−85.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+81.3%
16−18
−81.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Hitman 3 21−24
+91.7%
12−14
−91.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+77.8%
9−10
−77.8%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+70%
10−11
−70%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29
+81.3%
16−18
−81.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+81.3%
16−18
−81.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+88.9%
18−20
−88.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%

This is how R9 390X and GTX 690 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • R9 390X is 82% faster than GTX 690

4K resolution:

  • R9 390X is 74.1% faster than GTX 690

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 24.33 14.42
Recency 16 June 2015 3 May 2012
Cost $429 $999
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 300 Watt

The Radeon R9 390X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 690 in performance tests.


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