GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce RTX 2070
210%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2070 |
| 110% higher gaming performance. |
| 110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2070
The GeForce RTX 2070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2070 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU104 () | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2432 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 19 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 152 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2070 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 2070 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce RTX 2070
108.90 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070
258.70 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070
448.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070
8279.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070
163
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070
121
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070
118
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070
86
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070
61
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070
48
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)