amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory1920
Cores256.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon R9 290
4GB GDDR5 275W $399 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
VS
GeForce GTX 1070
$379 • Jun 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8GB GDDR5 150W $379 Jun 2016
Advertisement
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 275 W | 150 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1683 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 256.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1920 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 120 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 107.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 256.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.849 GFLOPS | 6.463 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3535
AMD Radeon R9 290
5844 (+65%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
41610
AMD Radeon R9 290
53429 (+28%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290
75.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8150
AMD Radeon R9 290
13504 (+66%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+76%)
AVG 158 FPS
MIN 144 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+94%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+151%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+48%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+73%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+75%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+83%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+70%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+59%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+66%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 (+61%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+57%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+41%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+27%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+12%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+47%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+56%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 (+26%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
39
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290
VS
+70.8%
67
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
39
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
247
Wins
67
Avg FPS
57
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
Comments & Discussion
Share your thoughts and experiences
Loading comments...