amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2432
Cores256.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
AMD Radeon R9 290X
4GB GDDR5 290W $549 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
VS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
$399 • Nov 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
8GB GDDR5 180W $399 Nov 2017
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 290 W | 180 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 | 2816 | 2432 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 152 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 107.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 256.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 8.186 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
3819
AMD Radeon R9 290X
6675 (+75%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
43410
AMD Radeon R9 290X
57735 (+33%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
80.2 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8530
AMD Radeon R9 290X
14690 (+72%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (165 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+83%)
AVG 181 FPS
MIN 165 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+104%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+166%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+34%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+79%)
AVG 111 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+81%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+89%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+77%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+67%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+73%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+67%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+64%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+48%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+33%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+14%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+53%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+62%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+32%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Wins!
Based on 162 benchmarks across 55 games
41
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290X
VS
+79.9%
74
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
41
Avg FPS
34
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
161
Wins
74
Avg FPS
62
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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