nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory7168
Cores504.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
$599 • Jan 2024
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 220 W | 290 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2475 MHz | N/A |
| Memory Bandwidth | 504.2 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | GCN 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 7168 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | 56 | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 176 |
| ROPs | 80 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 198 GPixel/s | 64 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 504.2 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 35.48 GFLOPS | 5.632 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 48.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 35800 Million | 6200 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
AMD Radeon R9 290X
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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