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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is 2184 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

  • Performs up to 1% better in League of Legends than Radeon R9 290 - 389 vs 387 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
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League of Legends

League of Legends

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


FPS

387

99%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Logo
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Desktop • Oct 29th, 2019


FPS

389

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.51/FPS

100%

Price, £

£199.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Logo
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Desktop • Oct 29th, 2019

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

71%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

96%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Logo
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Desktop • Oct 29th, 2019


Pixel Fillrate

85.68 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

157.1 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo

Radeon R9 290

vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Logo

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Nov 5th, 2013Release Date
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 16
$399MSRP
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
512-bitBus192-bit
320 GB/sBandwidth
947 MHzBase Clock Speed
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1785 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed

PCs Using Radeon R9 290 or GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

With selected game settings

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