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GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon R9 290X

The values for the video cards below are determined from thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and are updated daily.

  • The first section will show basic information for each Video Card selected.
  • The first graph shows the G3D Mark values of each Videocard selected.
  • The second graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

×GeForce GTX 970×Radeon R9 290X+ ADD
Price$237.991Search Online
Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16NA2
GPU ClassDesktopNA2
Core Clock1050 MHzNA2
Memory Clock1752.5 MHzNA2
Maximum Memory Supported4096 MBNA2
DirectX12.0NA2
OpenGL4.5NA2
Max TDP145WNA2
First Seen on ChartQ2 2014Q2 2020
# of Samples32767412
Average Results (% diff. to max in group)
DirectX 9143 FPS128 FPS (-10.6%)
DirectX 1046 FPS (-5.2%)49 FPS
DirectX 1171 FPS55 FPS (-22.9%)
DirectX 1241 FPS39 FPS (-5.8%)
GPU Compute4083 Ops/Sec3365 Ops/Sec (-17.6%)
G2D Rating766757 (-1.2%)
G3D Rating96388530(-11.5%)
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G3D Mark Rating
As of 4th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
GeForce GTX 970
 9,638
Radeon R9 290X
 8,530
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Value (G3D Mark / $Price)
As of 4th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
GeForce GTX 970
 40.50
Radeon R9 290X
 NA
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