Radeon R9 290 Overview

Radeon R9 290
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 290

Core Configuration

GPU Hawaii
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 2560 : 160 : 64
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 4849.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width 512 bit
Memory Speed 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 320.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    1016%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    809%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    755%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    660%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    649%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    639%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    608%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    579%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    578%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    525%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    460%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    440%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    426%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    406%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    378%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    360%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    343%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    340%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    303%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    300%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    300%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    287%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    270%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    269%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    268%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    258%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    248%
  • Radeon VII
    243%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    236%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    232%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    231%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    218%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    213%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    204%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    204%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    200%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    194%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    184%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    174%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    171%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    167%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    163%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    157%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    148%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    145%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    137%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    137%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    137%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    126%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    123%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    122%
  • Radeon RX 580
    121%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    117%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    115%
  • Radeon RX 570
    111%
  • Radeon RX 480
    109%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    108%
  • Radeon R9 390
    104%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    101%
  • Radeon R9 290
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    99%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    96%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    94%
  • Radeon RX 470
    92%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    88%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    86%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    79%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    75%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    72%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    72%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    69%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    69%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    67%
  • Radeon R9 380
    63%
  • Radeon R9 285
    61%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    60%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    59%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    58%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    57%
  • Radeon R7 370
    55%
  • Radeon RX 460
    53%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    49%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    48%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    45%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    44%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    42%
  • Radeon R7 260
    37%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 290 is a graphics card released by AMD on 5 Nov 2013. The graphics card houses the Hawaii die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_1 architecture which packs 6,200 million transistors on a 28 nm, 438 mm2 die.

Radeon R9 290 pros and cons

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



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 1650Radeon RX 570GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 1060
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Shader units2560896204811521280
ROPs6432324848
Graphics processorHawaiiTU107EllesmereGP106GP106
Process size28 nm12 nm14 nm16 nm16 nm
Memory4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
3072 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width512 bit128 bit256 bit192 bit192 bit
Memory bandwidth320.00 Gb/s128.00 Gb/s211.20 Gb/s192.20 Gb/s192.20 Gb/s
Release date5 Nov 201330 Apr 20191 Apr 201718 Aug 201610 Jul 2016

Benchmarks

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    78
  • Radeon RX 570
    71
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    70
  • Radeon R9 290
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    52
  • Radeon RX 570
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    46
  • Radeon R9 290
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    26
  • Radeon RX 570
    25
  • Radeon R9 290
    22
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290
    69
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    65
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290
    55
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    28
  • Radeon R9 290
    28
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    108
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    103
  • Radeon R9 290
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    69
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    65
  • Radeon R9 290
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    33
  • Radeon R9 290
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    71
  • Radeon RX 570
    69
  • Radeon R9 290
    67
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon RX 570
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    48
  • Radeon R9 290
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon R9 290
    26
  • Radeon RX 570
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    25
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    70
  • Radeon R9 290
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    49
  • Radeon R9 290
    38

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    27
  • Radeon R9 290
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    90
  • Radeon R9 290
    83
  • Radeon RX 570
    82
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    77

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    63
  • Radeon RX 570
    56
  • Radeon R9 290
    53
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    32
  • Radeon RX 570
    30
  • Radeon R9 290
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    62
  • Radeon R9 290
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    41
  • Radeon R9 290
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • Radeon R9 290
    24
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    24
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    23

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    59
  • Radeon RX 570
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    51
  • Radeon R9 290
    45

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    46
  • Radeon RX 570
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    35
  • Radeon R9 290
    35

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    27
  • Radeon RX 570
    24
  • Radeon R9 290
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    73
  • Radeon R9 290
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    49
  • Radeon R9 290
    43

FPS (higher is better)