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    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile vs Radeon R9 290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon R9 290X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1070 mobile stacks up against Radeon R9 290X, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1070 mobile here:

    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon R9 290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 290X has 108% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 290X.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 290X - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 290X - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 290X is 1242 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 50−55 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 35−40 24−27
    QHD / 1440p 27−30 18−20
    4K / 2160p 16−18 10−11
    low / 720p 80−85 60−65
    medium / 1080p 60−65 45−50
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 39% more, than Radeon R9 290X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon R9 290X
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name N17E-G2 Hawaii XT
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 September 2016 24 October 2013
    Pipelines 2048 2816
    Core clock speed 1506 MHz
    Boost Clock 1645 MHz 947 MHz
    Transistor count 7,200 million 6,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 210.6 176.0
    Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 5,632 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
    Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 320 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    VR Ready +
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.3
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 +
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.76 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1920
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 623 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 25.75 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 350 Sol/s
    GPU Boost 3.0
    AppAcceleration +
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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