Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
Radeon RX 5600 XT
165%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5600 XT |
65% higher gaming performance. |
110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports FreeSync |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5600 XT
The Radeon RX 5600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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GPU Name | Navi 12 (Navi 12 XT) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
Transistors | unknown | vs | 6,200 million |
Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2816 |
Compute Units | 32 | vs | 44 |
Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
TMUs | 128 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 512 bit |
Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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TDP | 180 watts | vs | 290 watts |
Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 5600 XT
121.90 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
243.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
7803.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
95
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
63
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
34
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)