GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 vs Radeon R9 290X2

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiAD103
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 June 2014 (10 years ago)March 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,399 $599

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 cores28165888
Core clock speed1000 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)580 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate176.0455.4
Floating-point processing power5.632 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs176184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors4x 8-pin1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth345.6 GB/s504.2 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 580 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 4070 AD103 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 190% lower power consumption.

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