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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3070

Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070 is 2492 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

  • Performs up to 2% better in League of Legends than Radeon R9 290 - 395 vs 387 FPS
  • Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 220 vs 275 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 8 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

98%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

395

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.21/FPS

100%

Price, €

€479

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC 8GB V2 LHR - Scheda grafica

Buy for 479 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 39 minutes ago

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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 RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

37%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

48%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo

Radeon R9 290

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo

GeForce RTX 3070

Nov 5th, 2013Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$399
MSRP$499
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
512-bitBus256-bit
320 GB/sBandwidth
448 GB/s
947 MHzBase Clock Speed
1500 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1725 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R9 290 or GeForce RTX 3070

With selected game settings

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