GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
214%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060 Super |
| 114% higher gaming performance. |
| 130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 2060 Super
The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 Super | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU106 (TU106-410-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 445 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 10,800 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2176 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 34 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1470 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 136 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 Super | | 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 2060 Super | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Jul 2019 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
105.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
224.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
448.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
7181.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
156
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
126
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
122
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
90
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
64
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
47
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)