GeForce 830A vs Radeon R9 290X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 830A and Radeon R9 290X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 830A stacks up against Radeon R9 290X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon R9 290X
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 290X has 657% more power consumption, than GeForce 830A.
  • GeForce 830A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 290X has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 830A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 830A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 290X - with GCN.
  • GeForce 830A and Radeon R9 290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 830A is 550 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 290X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 4−5 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 716% more, than GeForce 830A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon R9 290X
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM108 Hawaii XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 24 October 2013
Pipelines 256 2816
Core clock speed 1082 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 947 MHz
Transistor count 6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 176.0
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 5,632 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 320 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.76 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 623 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 25.75 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 350 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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