The Radeon R9 290 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's only $73.99 cheaper!
Advantages of the Radeon R9 290
- Up to 20% cheaper – $299.00 vs $372.99
- Consumes up to 5% less energy – 275 vs 290 Watts
Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB
Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
May 31st, 2021
Average FPS
136
100%
Min 1% FPS
81
100%
Price, $
$372.99
80%
Value, $/FPS
$2.74/FPS
100%
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$372.99
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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti in My Games
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti in core GPU performance specifications
Radeon R9 290
Nov 5th, 2013
Memory
4 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
320 GB/s
53%
Pixel Fillrate
60.61 GPixel/s
36%
Texture Fillrate
151.5 GTexel/s
45%
FP32
4.849 TFLOPS
22%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
May 31st, 2021
Memory
8 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
608.3 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
169.9 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
339.8 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
21.75 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon R9 290 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce RTX 3070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | May 31st, 2021 |
$399.00 | MSRP | $599.00 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 30 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
275 W | Power Consumption | 290 W |
| Memory | ||
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR6X |
| 512-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 608.3 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 60.61 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 169.9 GPixel/s |
| 151.5 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 339.8 GTexel/s |
| 4.849 TFLOPS | FP32 | 21.75 TFLOPS |
