GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 vs Radeon R9 290

Place in performance ranking	259	547
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.92	0.98
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Hawaii	GF110
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	5 November 2013 (10 years ago)	7 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 290 has 708% better value for money than GTX 570 Rev. 2.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	2560	480
Core clock speed	947 MHz	732 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	219 Watt
Texture fill rate	151.5	43.92
Floating-point performance	4.849 gflops	1.405 gflops

Form factor & 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1280 MB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	3800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	152.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	2.0

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.98	7.08
Recency	5 November 2013	7 December 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1280 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	219 Watt

R9 290 has a 196.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 220% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 570 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has 25.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 290 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.