AMD Radeon R9 290X VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

AMD Radeon R9 290X

amd

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

2816

Cores

320 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon R9 290X

N/A Oct 2013 View Details
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR6

Memory

1920

Cores

336 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2060

N/A Jan 2019 View Details
AMD Radeon R9 290X

Radeon R9 290X

$549 • Oct 2013

VS

GeForce RTX 2060

$349 • Jan 2019

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 290XNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
4 GB6 GB
GDDR5GDDR6
290 W160 W
N/AN/A
N/A1680 MHz
320 GB/s336 GB/s
28nm12nm
GCN 2.0Turing
2816 1920
N/A30
176 120
64 48
512-bit 192-bit
1250 MHz1750 MHz
64 GPixel/s80.64 GPixel/s
320 GTexel/s336 GTexel/s
5.632 GFLOPS6.451 GFLOPS
1.00 MB3.00 MB
438 mm²445 mm²
6200 Million10800 Million
600 W450 W
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
1212.2
N/A1.3
4.64.6
TSMCTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Background
3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

3819

AMD Radeon R9 290X

7379 (+93%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Geekbench Background
Geekbench

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

43410

AMD Radeon R9 290X

78934 (+82%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

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

89.8 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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Passmark

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

8530

AMD Radeon R9 290X

14122 (+66%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Game Benchmarks Comparison (51 benchmarks)

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Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

7 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie

1080p
| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+96%)
AVG 131 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+82%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+91%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Chernobylite Complete Edition

Chernobylite Complete Edition

8 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+145%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+155%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+117%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Devil's Hunt

Devil's Hunt

8.1 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+88%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+85%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+76%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Beyond Two Souls

Beyond Two Souls

7 2020 Action, Adventure

1080p
| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+71%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
1440p
| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+94%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+150%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Wolfenstein Youngblood

Wolfenstein Youngblood

7.3 2019 Action

1080p
| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+344%)
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
1440p
| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+312%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
2160p
| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+329%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
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The Sinking City

The Sinking City

7 2021 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+105%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+90%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+76%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Wins!

Based on 51 benchmarks across 17 games

35
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290X
VS
+86.6%
66
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
AMD Radeon R9 290X

AMD Radeon R9 290X

AMD • 4GB GDDR5

0
Wins
35
Avg FPS
28
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6

50
Wins
66
Avg FPS
55
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate

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