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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3090

Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3090: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB OC Version Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING)

Buy for 1,879.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 226 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB OC Version Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING)

Buy for 1,879.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 226 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3090 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 3090 is 2492 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of Radeon R9 290

  • Consumes up to 21% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 275 vs 350 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090

  • Performs up to 38% better in F1 23 than Radeon R9 290 - 251 vs 182 FPS
  • Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 24 vs 4 GB
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F1 23

F1 23

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


FPS

182

73%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

251

100%

Value, €/FPS

€7.49/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1879.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB OC Version Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING)

Buy for 1,879.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 226 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

32%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

27%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

189.8 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

556 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo

Radeon R9 290

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo

GeForce RTX 3090

Nov 5th, 2013Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$399
MSRP$1499
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
24 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
512-bitBus384-bit
320 GB/sBandwidth
936.2 GB/s
947 MHzBase Clock Speed
1395 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1695 MHz
1250 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1219 MHz

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With selected game settings

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