Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon R9 290

Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580
Radeon R9 290
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 290

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 580
    121%
  • Radeon R9 290
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580

21% higher gaming performance.
125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 580

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580

The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580Radeon R9 290
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)vsHawaii (Hawaii PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders2304vs2560
Compute Units36vs40
Core clock1120 MHzvs947 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs144vs160

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580Radeon R9 290
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs512 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580Radeon R9 290
TDP150 wattsvs275 watts
Release Date1 Apr 2017vs5 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580
    40.50 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 290
    60.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580
    182.30 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 290
    152.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 580
    256.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 290
    320.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580
    5834.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 290
    4849.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580
    75
  • Radeon R9 290
    67

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580
    89
  • Radeon R9 290
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX 580
    80
  • Radeon R9 290
    57

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580
    63
  • Radeon R9 290
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580
    52
  • Radeon R9 290
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580
    61
  • Radeon R9 290
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX 580
    54
  • Radeon R9 290
    40

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580
    46
  • Radeon R9 290
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580
    28
  • Radeon R9 290
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580
    31
  • Radeon R9 290
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX 580
    28
  • Radeon R9 290
    22

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580
    26
  • Radeon R9 290
    21

FPS (higher is better)