The Radeon R9 290 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 2070 and it's also a slightly worse value for money, as it's only $334.22 cheaper!
Advantages of the Radeon R9 290
- Up to 55% cheaper – $269.37 vs $603.59
Advantages of the GeForce RTX 2070
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- A slightly better value for money for gaming
- Consumes up to 36% less energy – 175 vs 275 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB
Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 2070 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
Radeon R9 290
Nov 5th, 2013
Average FPS
65
64%
Min 1% FPS
32
56%
Price, €
€269.37
100%
Value, €/FPS
€4.14/FPS
100%
GeForce RTX 2070
Oct 17th, 2018
Average FPS
101
100%
Min 1% FPS
57
100%
Price, €
€603.59
44%
Value, €/FPS
€5.97/FPS
69%
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€298.77
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€608.11
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€593.69
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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 2070 in My Games
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 2070 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 2070 in core GPU performance specifications
Radeon R9 290
Nov 5th, 2013
Memory
4 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
320 GB/s
71%
Pixel Fillrate
60.61 GPixel/s
58%
Texture Fillrate
151.5 GTexel/s
65%
FP32
4.849 TFLOPS
65%
GeForce RTX 2070
Oct 17th, 2018
Memory
8 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
448 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
103.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
233.3 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
7.465 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon R9 290 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce RTX 2070 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2018 |
$399.00 | MSRP | $499.00 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 20 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 275 W | Power Consumption | 175 W |
| Memory | ||
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| 512-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 60.61 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 103.7 GPixel/s |
| 151.5 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 233.3 GTexel/s |
| 4.849 TFLOPS | FP32 | 7.465 TFLOPS |
