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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 4080

Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 4080: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon R9 290

4 GB GDDR5 | 512-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4080

16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 AORUS MASTER 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, 192bit, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2550Mhz, RGB, Anti-sag bracket, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, GV-N4080AORUS M-16GD

Buy for £1,529.99 on Amazon

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Updated 16 minutes ago

Radeon R9 290

4 GB GDDR5 | 512-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4080

16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 AORUS MASTER 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, 192bit, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2550Mhz, RGB, Anti-sag bracket, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, GV-N4080AORUS M-16GD

Buy for £1,529.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 16 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $399

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1199

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 AORUS MASTER 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, 192bit, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2550Mhz, RGB, Anti-sag bracket, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, GV-N4080AORUS M-16GD

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2505Mhz, RGB, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4080EAGLE-16GD

Palit GeForce RTX 4080 GameRock OC 16GB GDDR6X Graphics Card with ARGB SYNC, 9728 Core, 2205 MHz GPU, 2640 MHz Boost, 3x DisplayPort, HDMI

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4080 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 RTX 4080 is 3241 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of Radeon R9 290

Consumes up to 14% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 - 275 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4080

Performs up to 182% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Radeon R9 290 - 172 vs 61 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 16 vs 4 GB

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Need For Speed Unbound

Need For Speed Unbound

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

FPS

61

35%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

GeForce RTX 4080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

FPS

172

100%

Value, £/FPS

£8.9/FPS

100%

Price, £

£1529.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 AORUS MASTER 16GB Graphics Card - 16GB DDR6X, 192bit, PCI-E 4.0, Core 2550Mhz, RGB, Anti-sag bracket, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, GV-N4080AORUS M-16GD

Buy for £1,529.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 16 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

GeForce RTX 4080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

169

FPS

92

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

895

FPS

587

FPS

Minecraft

Minecraft

406

FPS

387

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

240

FPS

154

FPS

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

968

FPS

596

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

22%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

20%

GeForce RTX 4080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

280.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

761.5 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 290	vs	GeForce RTX 4080
Nov 5th, 2013	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2022
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 40
$399	MSRP	$1199
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6X
512-bit	Bus	256-bit
320 GB/s	Bandwidth	716.8 GB/s
947 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2205 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	2505 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1400 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 290 or GeForce RTX 4080

With selected game settings

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

160 FPS

£12.74/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i9-12900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£2,039

In Stock

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-650 Gaming Desktop PC Image

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-650 Gaming Desktop PC

169 FPS

£15.58/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i9-13900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

£2,632.99

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

155 FPS

£12.45/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i9-11900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,929

In Stock

Vibox VIII-109 Gaming PC Image

Vibox VIII-109 Gaming PC

155 FPS

£14.77/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i9-11900KF

32 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£2,289.95

In Stock

Stormforce Crystal Gaming PC Image

Stormforce Crystal Gaming PC

168 FPS

£15.47/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i7-13700KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£2,599

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

151 FPS

£11.91/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Ryzen 7 5700X

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,799

In Stock

Vibox VII-203 Gaming PC Image

Vibox VII-203 Gaming PC

162 FPS

£13.7/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i7-13700

32 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£2,219.95

In Stock

Fierce SUPER Gaming PC Image

Fierce SUPER Gaming PC

160 FPS

£11.62/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i9-12900KF

32 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£1,859.99

In Stock

Cooler Master Cooling X All-in-One Watercooled PC Image

Cooler Master Cooling X All-in-One Watercooled PC

168 FPS

£20.83/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

64 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£3,500

In Stock

OPSYS Magna-X6 White Gaming PC Image

OPSYS Magna-X6 White Gaming PC

168 FPS

£22.32/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Ryzen 9 7900X

32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

£3,749.95

In Stock

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£1,529.99

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£254.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

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£319.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£159.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£201.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

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£529.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£89.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£141.32

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£244.97

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£438.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£147.42

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,438.91

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£63.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.75

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

£599.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£63.56

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

£199.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

£605.36

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 2060

£412.95

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£369.99

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

£879.95

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

£489

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£319.99

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£159.99

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

£201.99

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£529.99

£89.99

£141.32

£244.97

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£438.99

£147.42

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,438.91

GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

£63.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.75

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

£599.99

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

£63.56

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

£199.99

£605.36

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36