Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
Radeon R9 290
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
171%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 290
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
178%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 225 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 295X2 |
| 78% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 295X2
The Radeon R9 295X2 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (26 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,200 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 947 MHz | vs | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 160 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 275 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Nov 2013 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
15440
Radeon R9 295X2
26440
Points (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
33.3
Radeon R9 295X2
66.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
109.5
Radeon R9 295X2
196.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
69.1
Radeon R9 295X2
130.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
113
Radeon R9 295X2
170.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
95.1
Radeon R9 295X2
139.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
42.9
Radeon R9 295X2
63.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290
83
Radeon R9 295X2
124
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 290
45
Radeon R9 295X2
48
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
20.9
Radeon R9 295X2
43.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
71.7
Radeon R9 295X2
149.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
46.2
Radeon R9 295X2
90.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 290
58
Radeon R9 295X2
112
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
84.5
Radeon R9 295X2
142.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
67.8
Radeon R9 295X2
136.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
27.8
Radeon R9 295X2
55.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290
53
Radeon R9 295X2
103
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 290
61
Radeon R9 295X2
85
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 290
35
Radeon R9 295X2
39
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
17.7
Radeon R9 295X2
38.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
35.2
Radeon R9 295X2
74.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
24
Radeon R9 295X2
47.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
49.3
Radeon R9 295X2
95.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
41.3
Radeon R9 295X2
89.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
19.3
Radeon R9 295X2
38.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290
27
Radeon R9 295X2
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 290
21
Radeon R9 295X2
23
FPS (higher is better)