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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR GDDR6 1695 MHz Boost 14 Gbps 256-bit 3xDP1.4 HDMI PCIE4.0 (RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR)

Buy for CA$899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 31 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR GDDR6 1695 MHz Boost 14 Gbps 256-bit 3xDP1.4 HDMI PCIE4.0 (RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR)

Buy for CA$899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 31 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 2583 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Performs up to 13% better in War Thunder than Radeon R9 290 - 265 vs 234 FPS
  • Consumes up to 27% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 200 vs 275 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 8 vs 4 GB
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War Thunder

War Thunder

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


FPS

234

88%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


FPS

265

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$3.4/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$899.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR GDDR6 1695 MHz Boost 14 Gbps 256-bit 3xDP1.4 HDMI PCIE4.0 (RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR)

Buy for CA$899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 31 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

46%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

60%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo

Radeon R9 290

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Nov 5th, 2013Release Date
Dec 1st, 2020
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$399MSRP$399
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
512-bitBus256-bit
320 GB/sBandwidth
448 GB/s
947 MHzBase Clock Speed
1410 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1665 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 290 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

With selected game settings

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