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Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Logo
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GAMING OC - Scheda grafica 2595 MHz, 16 GB GDDR6X 23000 MHz 256 bit, PCI-E 4.0, 3 DP 1.4, 1 HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, GV-N408SGAMING OC-16GD

Buy for 1,237 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 345 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Logo
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GAMING OC - Scheda grafica 2595 MHz, 16 GB GDDR6X 23000 MHz 256 bit, PCI-E 4.0, 3 DP 1.4, 1 HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, GV-N408SGAMING OC-16GD

Buy for 1,237 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 345 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon R9 290X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is 3728 days newer than Radeon R9 290X.

Advantages of Radeon R9 290X

  • Consumes up to 9% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER - 290 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

  • Performs up to 987% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Radeon R9 290X - 163 vs 15 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290X - 16 vs 4 GB
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Forza Horizon 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013


FPS

15

9%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Logo
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024


FPS

163

100%

Value, €/FPS

€7.59/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1237

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GAMING OC - Scheda grafica 2595 MHz, 16 GB GDDR6X 23000 MHz 256 bit, PCI-E 4.0, 3 DP 1.4, 1 HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, GV-N408SGAMING OC-16GD

Buy for 1,237 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 345 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Logo
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo
Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

64 GPixel/s

22%

Texel Fillrate

176 GTexel/s

22%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Logo
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024


Pixel Fillrate

285.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

816 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon R9 290X Logo

Radeon R9 290X

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Logo

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Oct 24th, 2013Release Date
Jan 8th, 2024
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 40
$549
MSRP$999
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 16-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
16 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
512-bitBus256-bit
320 GB/sBandwidth
736.3 GB/s
1000 MHzBase Clock Speed
2295 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed2550 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1438 MHz

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