Radeon R9 290X2 vs GeForce GTX 1070

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking144not rated
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.35no data
Power efficiency16.84no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGP104Hawaii
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 June 2016 (8 years ago)24 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$379 $1,399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores19202816
Core clock speed1506 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt580 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate202.0176.0
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPS5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs120176

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot3-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin4x 8-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/s1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s345.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2016 24 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 580 Watt

GTX 1070 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 286.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 and Radeon R9 290X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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