Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Prices and Stock
MSRP $399

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1999

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB GDRR6X 384-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3090 Ti Gaming X Trio 24G)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X 24G Gaming Graphics Card - NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti, 24 GB Memory

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon R9 290 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is 3005 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of Radeon R9 290

Up to 43% better value when playing The Callisto Protocol than GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - $4.04 vs $7.06 per FPS
Consumes up to 39% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - 275 vs 450 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Performs up to 107% better in The Callisto Protocol than Radeon R9 290 - 153 vs 74 FPS
Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 24 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of The Callisto Protocol.

The Callisto Protocol

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

FPS

48%

Value, $/FPS

$4.04/FPS

100%

Price, $

$299

100%

Value Winner

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)

Buy for $299 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6744 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

FPS

153

100%

Value, $/FPS

$7.06/FPS

57%

Price, $

$1079.99

27%

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

Buy for $1,079.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6742 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

513

FPS

371

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Epic

191

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

High

909

FPS

596

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Very High

401

FPS

387

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

159

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

29%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

24%

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

208.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

625 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 290	vs	GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Nov 5th, 2013	Release Date	Jan 27th, 2022
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$399	MSRP	$1999
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	24 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6X
512-bit	Bus	384-bit
320 GB/s	Bandwidth	1008 GB/s
947 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1560 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	1860 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1313 MHz