Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Prices and Stock
MSRP $399

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $599

NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDRR6X 256-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 2 Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3070 Ti Ventus 3X 8G OC)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3070 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon R9 290 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is 2764 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of Radeon R9 290

Up to 11% better value when playing Halo Infinite than GeForce RTX 3070 Ti - $5.50 vs $6.18 per FPS
Consumes up to 5% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti - 275 vs 290 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Performs up to 102% better in Halo Infinite than Radeon R9 290 - 99 vs 49 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 8 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Halo Infinite.

Halo Infinite

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

FPS

49%

Value, €/FPS

€5.5/FPS

100%

Price, €

€269.37

100%

Value Winner

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)

Buy for €269.37 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 301 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

FPS

100%

Value, €/FPS

€6.18/FPS

89%

Price, €

€611.76

44%

FPS Winner

NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

Buy for €611.76 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 300 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

1920 x 1080

Ultra

140

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

High

814

FPS

596

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Very High

396

FPS

387

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

180

FPS

130

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

1920 x 1080

Very High

462

FPS

371

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

36%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

45%

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

169.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

339.8 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 290	vs	GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Nov 5th, 2013	Release Date	May 31st, 2021
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$399	MSRP	$599
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6X
512-bit	Bus	256-bit
320 GB/s	Bandwidth	608.3 GB/s
947 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1575 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	1770 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1188 MHz