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Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce RTX 3070

Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce RTX 3070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 535.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 535.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms Radeon R9 290X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 2504 days newer than Radeon R9 290X.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

  • Performs up to 111% better in F1 22 than Radeon R9 290X - 160 vs 76 FPS
  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290X - 220 vs 290 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290X - 8 vs 4 GB
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F1 22

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013


FPS

76

48%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

160

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.35/FPS

100%

Price, €

€535.93

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 535.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

64 GPixel/s

39%

Texel Fillrate

176 GTexel/s

55%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo

Radeon R9 290X

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo

GeForce RTX 3070

Oct 24th, 2013Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$549MSRP
$499
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
1000 MHzBase Clock Speed
1500 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1725 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

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