Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

XFX Radeon R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 512 bit DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card (R9290XENFC)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $599

NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDRR6X 256-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 2 Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3070 Ti Ventus 3X 8G OC)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3070 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 290X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon R9 290X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is 2776 days newer than Radeon R9 290X.

Advantages of Radeon R9 290X

Up to 58% better value when playing Valorant than GeForce RTX 3070 Ti - $0.35 vs $0.83 per FPS

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Performs up to 35% better in Valorant than Radeon R9 290X - 814 vs 602 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290X - 8 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Valorant.

Valorant

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013

FPS

602

74%

Value, $/FPS

$0.35/FPS

100%

Price, $

$210

100%

Value Winner

XFX Radeon R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 512 bit DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card (R9290XENFC)

Buy for $210 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 275 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

FPS

814

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.83/FPS

42%

Price, $

$679.05

30%

FPS Winner

NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

Buy for $679.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 278 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

1920 x 1080

Very High

462

FPS

373

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

140

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

396

FPS

387

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

544

FPS

358

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

814

FPS

602

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 290X

Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

64 GPixel/s

38%

Texel Fillrate

176 GTexel/s

52%

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

169.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

339.8 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 290X	vs	GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Oct 24th, 2013	Release Date	May 31st, 2021
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$549	MSRP	$599
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	GDDR6X
512-bit	Bus	256-bit
320 GB/s	Bandwidth	608.3 GB/s
1000 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1575 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	1770 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1188 MHz