NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

29
Place in performance rating
191
40.23
Value for money (0-100)
13.90
Turing
Architecture
GCN
TU104
Code name
Hawaii
Desktop
Type
Desktop
2 July 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
24 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
$549
$1436 (2.9x MSRP)
Price now
$24 (0x MSRP)
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Design
reference
18.25
Value for money
35.36
Turing TU104
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
2816
1605 MHz
Core clock speed
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1770 MHz
Boost Clock
947 MHz
13,600 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
215 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
283.2
Texture fill rate
176.0
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Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1770 MHz
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
13,600 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
215 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
275 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
448.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
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7.5
CUDA
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AppAcceleration
+
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-
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UVD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.5
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super or AMD Radeon R9 290X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 155 111 95 78 63 37
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 194 144 133 130 93.7 53.2
AMD Radeon R9 290X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 305 243 215 153 118 71.4
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 323.5 234.1 152.8 102.2 78 40.4
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 245.5 213.5 197.5 194 137.5 72.8
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

49.72% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (215 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 320 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290X

Cheaper ($24 (0x MSRP) vs $1436 (2.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (2816 vs 2560)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super or AMD Radeon R9 290X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super versus AMD Radeon R9 290X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
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