NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290.

392
Place in performance rating
166
22.41
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GK106
Code name
Hawaii
Laptop
Type
Desktop
30 May 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
5 November 2013 (8 years ago)
$189.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$178 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$237 (0.6x MSRP)
3.48
Value for money
25.21
N14E-GS
GPU code name
Hawaii
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

960
Pipelines
2560
811 MHz
Core clock speed
947 MHz
797 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,540 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
63.76
Texture fill rate
151.5
1,530 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,849 gflops
960
CUDA cores
no data
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
797 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,540 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
275 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M and AMD Radeon R9 290 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
275 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M vs AMD Radeon R9 290.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
96.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
no data
GDDR5
Standard memory configuration
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M vs AMD Radeon R9 290.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
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Up to 3840x2160
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support
no data
Up to 1920x1200
LVDS signal support
no data
+
HDCP content protection
no data
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
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+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
no data
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GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
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FXAA
no data
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TXAA
no data
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Verde Drivers
no data
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
no data
+
Blu-Ray 3D Support
no data
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Direct Compute
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M and AMD Radeon R9 290 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M and AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M or AMD Radeon R9 290 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
AMD Radeon R9 290
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

Cheaper ($178 (0.9x MSRP) vs $237 (0.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 275 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290

24.96% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 960)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (320.0 GB/s vs 96.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M or AMD Radeon R9 290?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M versus AMD Radeon R9 290 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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Passmark

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User rating

3.3 Out of 12 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 31 Hitesti Score