AMD Radeon R9 290 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Hawaii | TU106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Hawaii PRO (215-0852020) | N18E-G2-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Turing |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 10,800 million |
| Die size | 438 mm² | 445 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 5th, 2013 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Launch price | 399 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 69 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | — |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 947 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective | 1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 885 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1185 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 320.0 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2560 | 2304 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 160 | 144 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Compute units | 40 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 1024 KB | 4 MB |
| SM count | — | 36 |
| Tensor cores | — | 288 |
| RT cores | — | 36 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 75.84 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 151.5 GTexel/s | 170.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4.849 TFLOPS | 5.460 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 606.1 GFLOPS (1:8) | 170.6 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 10.92 TFLOPS (2:1) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 275 mm 10.8 inches | — |
| Width | 109 mm 4.3 inches | — |
| Height | 36 mm 1.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 275 W | 90 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Board number | C671-57 | E4914 SKU 30 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 7.5 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jan 29th, 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 20 Mobile |
| Production | — | Active |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
| Successor | — | GeForce 30 Mobile |
