Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER outperforms the more expensive Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is 2184 days newer than the more expensive Radeon R9 290.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
- Performs up to 13% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Radeon R9 290 - 101 vs 89 FPS
- Up to 5% cheaper than Radeon R9 290 - $138.92 vs $146.23
- Up to 16% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Radeon R9 290 - $1.53 vs $1.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 55% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 125 vs 275 Watts
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 6 vs 4 GB
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Buy for €162.32 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 128 minutes ago
Desktop • Oct 29th, 2019
FPS
101
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.53/FPS
100%
Price, €
€154.2
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for €154.2 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 127 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Desktop • Oct 29th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Oct 29th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
157.1 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R9 290 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
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Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 29th, 2019 |
Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 16 |
$399 | MSRP | $229 |
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 6 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
512-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 336 GB/s |
947 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1530 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1785 MHz |
1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |