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GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs Radeon R9 290

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs Radeon R9 290: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

8 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
ASUS DUAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition Scheda Grafica Gaming, OpenGL 4.6, 8 GB GDDR6X, PCIe 4.0, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, GPU Tweak II, Bianco

Buy for 892.41 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 460 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

8 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
ASUS DUAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition Scheda Grafica Gaming, OpenGL 4.6, 8 GB GDDR6X, PCIe 4.0, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, GPU Tweak II, Bianco

Buy for 892.41 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 460 minutes ago

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Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X 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 3060 Ti GDDR6X is 3270 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

  • Performs up to 138% better in Cities: Skylines II than Radeon R9 290 - 31 vs 13 FPS
  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 225 vs 275 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 8 vs 4 GB
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This is a free version of Cities: Skylines II.
Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022


FPS

31

100%

Value, €/FPS

€28.79/FPS

100%

Price, €

€892.41

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS DUAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition Scheda Grafica Gaming, OpenGL 4.6, 8 GB GDDR6X, PCIe 4.0, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, GPU Tweak II, Bianco

Buy for 892.41 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 460 minutes ago

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


FPS

13

42%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

46%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

60%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

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AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo

Radeon R9 290

Oct 19th, 2022
Release DateNov 5th, 2013
GeForce 30GenerationVolcanic Islands
Not AvailableMSRP$399
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aOutputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x 12-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8 GB
Memory4 GB
GDDR6XTypeGDDR5
256-bitBus512-bit
608.3 GB/s
Bandwidth320 GB/s
1410 MHz
Base Clock Speed947 MHz
1665 MHzBoost Clock SpeedNot Available
1188 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1250 MHz

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