GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs Radeon R9 290

Place in the ranking	259	181
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.90	no data
Power efficiency	5.27	18.30
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Hawaii	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 November 2013 (11 years ago)	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	2560	1920
Core clock speed	947 MHz	960 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	151.5	144.0
Floating-point processing power	4.849 TFLOPS	4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	160	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	336.0 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 290 20.98

RTX 2060 Mobile 30.44
+45.1%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R9 290 11860

RTX 2060 Mobile 16331
+37.7%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	70−75 −45.7%	102 +45.7%
1440p	40−45 −57.5%	63 +57.5%
4K	24−27 −62.5%	39 +62.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.70	no data
1440p	9.98	no data
4K	16.63	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

45−50

+0%

45−50

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	91 +0%	91 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	71 +0%	71 +0%
Battlefield 5	119 +0%	119 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	88 +0%	88 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	105 +0%	105 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110 +0%	110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	366 +0%	366 +0%
Hitman 3	83 +0%	83 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	223 +0%	223 +0%
Metro Exodus	130 +0%	130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 +0%	100 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	148 +0%	148 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	227 +0%	227 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	107 +0%	107 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +0%	56 +0%
Battlefield 5	105 +0%	105 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	79 +0%	79 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	85 +0%	85 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	82 +0%	82 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	280 +0%	280 +0%
Hitman 3	75 +0%	75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	196 +0%	196 +0%
Metro Exodus	112 +0%	112 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75 +0%	75 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	123 +0%	123 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190 +0%	190 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50 +0%	50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	58 +0%	58 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	62 +0%	62 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	88 +0%	88 +0%
Hitman 3	66 +0%	66 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	94 +0%	94 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	107 +0%	107 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60 +0%	60 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	38 +0%	38 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65 +0%	65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	54 +0%	54 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +0%	40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +0%	38 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	42 +0%	42 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Far Cry 5	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	246 +0%	246 +0%
Hitman 3	46 +0%	46 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70 +0%	70 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	210 +0%	210 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	32 +0%	32 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30 +0%	30 +0%
Hitman 3	28 +0%	28 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	86 +0%	86 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +0%	39 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 +0%	25 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22 +0%	22 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +0%	20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	15 +0%	15 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how R9 290 and RTX 2060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is 46% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 58% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 63% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.98	30.44
Recency	5 November 2013	29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	115 Watt

RTX 2060 Mobile has a 45.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 139.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 290 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 290 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.