Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 290
140%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 290
129%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 29% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (39 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
Radeon R9 290
33.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
Radeon R9 290
109.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
Radeon R9 290
69.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 290
59
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
Radeon R9 290
113
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
Radeon R9 290
95.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
Radeon R9 290
42.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
49
Radeon R9 290
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
63
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 290
38
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
Radeon R9 290
20.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
Radeon R9 290
71.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
36
Radeon R9 290
46.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 280X
33
Radeon R9 290
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 290
58
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
Radeon R9 290
84.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
Radeon R9 290
67.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
Radeon R9 290
27.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
35
Radeon R9 290
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
47
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
51
Radeon R9 290
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
25
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 290
23
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
Radeon R9 290
17.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
Radeon R9 290
35.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
Radeon R9 290
24
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
Radeon R9 290
49.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
Radeon R9 290
41.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
Radeon R9 290
19.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon R9 280X
13
Radeon R9 290
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 280X
16
Radeon R9 290
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R9 280X
72
Radeon R9 290
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 290
90
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
42
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 290
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
67
Radeon R9 290
77
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R9 280X
50
Radeon R9 290
63
FPS (higher is better)