NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X

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 Quadro NVS 290  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290X.

1016
Place in performance rating
191
2.30
Value for money (0-100)
13.90
Tesla
Architecture
GCN
G86
Code name
Hawaii
Workstation
Type
Desktop
4 October 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
24 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$149
Launch price (MSRP)
$549
$107 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$24 (0x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.02
Value for money
35.36
G86
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290X 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.

16
Pipelines
2816
459 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
947 MHz
210 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
21 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
3.672
Texture fill rate
176.0
29.376 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
no data
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
210 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
21 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 and AMD Radeon R9 290X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
168 mm
Length
275 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 Quadro NVS 290 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X.

DDR2
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
6.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X.

1x DMS-59
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
no data
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

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

no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TressFX
1
no data
TrueAudio
+
no data
ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
UVD
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
3.3
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
6.3
no data
OpenCL
2.0
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 Quadro NVS 290 or AMD Radeon R9 290X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
AMD Radeon R9 290X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
AMD Radeon R9 290X
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 Quadro NVS 290

Less power consumption (21 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290X

33.96% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($24 (0x MSRP) vs $107 (0.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (2816 vs 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 6.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 or AMD Radeon R9 290X?

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

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 versus AMD Radeon R9 290X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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332042 (100 %)

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User rating

2.5 Out of 2 Hitesti Score
3.9 Out of 58 Hitesti Score