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Same as Founder's Edition
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MSRP in USD: $399
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MSRP in USD: $399
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$498.96
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Same as Founder's Edition
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$449.99
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms the cheaper Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 2583 days newer than the cheaper Radeon R9 290.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290
- Up to 40% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3060 Ti - $299.0 vs $498.96
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- Performs up to 2% better in League of Legends than Radeon R9 290 - 375 vs 368 FPS
- Consumes up to 27% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 200 vs 275 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 8 vs 4 GB
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
60.61 GPixel/s
45.50300300300301%
Texel Fillrate
151.5 GTexel/s
59.85776372975109%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
133.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
253.1 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R9 290 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Dec 1st, 2020 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $399 | MSRP | $399 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 512-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
| 947 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1410 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1665 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon R9 290 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
271 FPS
$5.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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238 FPS
$5.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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160 FPS
$5.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-8700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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279 FPS
$4.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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280 FPS
$6.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,736.05
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249 FPS
$9.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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252 FPS
$4.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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249 FPS
$3.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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185 FPS
$7.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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280 FPS
$5.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-12700F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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