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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 2060: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 2060 is 1889 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Performs up to 55% better in Fortnite than Radeon R9 290 - 93 vs 60 FPS
  • Consumes up to 42% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 160 vs 275 Watts
  • Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 6 vs 4 GB
This is a free version of Fortnite.
Fortnite

Fortnite

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


FPS

60

64%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
GeForce RTX 2060

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019


FPS

93

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.72/FPS

100%

Price, £

£253.26

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 EVO 6GB GDDR6 with the all-new NVIDIA Turing GPU architecture

Buy for £253.26 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 92 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
GeForce RTX 2060

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

75%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

75%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo
GeForce RTX 2060

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019


Pixel Fillrate

80.64 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

201.6 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo

AMD Radeon R9 290

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Nov 5th, 2013Release Date
Jan 7th, 2019
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 20
$399MSRP
$349
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
6 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
512-bitBus192-bit
320 GB/sBandwidth
336 GB/s
947 MHzBase Clock Speed
1365 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1680 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

Builds Using Radeon R9 290 or GeForce RTX 2060

Fortnite, 1920 x 1080, Epic

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