Radeon R9 290X Overview

Radeon R9 290X
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 24 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 290X

Core Configuration

GPU Hawaii
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 2816 : 176 : 64
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 5632.00 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
    911%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    727%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    678%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    593%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    582%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    574%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    545%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    520%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    519%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    471%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    413%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    395%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    382%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    369%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    339%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    327%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    308%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    308%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    273%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    272%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    262%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    261%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    245%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    244%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    244%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    240%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    228%
  • Radeon VII
    221%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    214%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    212%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    210%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    198%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    196%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    187%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    186%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    181%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    180%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    165%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    159%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    158%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    153%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    150%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    144%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    142%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    135%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    134%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    127%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    126%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    124%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    118%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    114%
  • Radeon RX 580
    113%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    111%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    108%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    106%
  • Radeon RX 570
    103%
  • Radeon RX 480
    101%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
    100%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    100%
  • Radeon R9 390
    96%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    92%
  • Radeon R9 290
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    86%
  • Radeon RX 470
    85%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    82%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    81%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    74%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    69%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    68%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    67%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    66%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    66%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    62%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    61%
  • Radeon R9 380
    59%
  • Radeon R9 285
    58%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    56%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    54%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    54%
  • Radeon RX 460
    50%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    50%
  • Radeon R7 370
    49%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    46%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    44%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    43%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    40%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    39%
  • Radeon R7 260
    35%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 290X is a graphics card released by AMD on 24 Oct 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 290X 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 290XGeForce GTX 1650Radeon RX 580Radeon RX 570GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Radeon R9 290XGeForce GTX 1650Radeon RX 580Radeon RX 570GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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Shader units2816896230420481152
ROPs6432323248
Graphics processorHawaiiTU107EllesmereEllesmereGP106
Process size28 nm12 nm14 nm14 nm16 nm
Memory4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
3072 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width512 bit128 bit256 bit256 bit192 bit
Memory bandwidth320.00 Gb/s128.00 Gb/s256.00 Gb/s211.20 Gb/s192.20 Gb/s
Release date24 Oct 201330 Apr 20191 Apr 20171 Apr 201718 Aug 2016

Benchmarks

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580
    80
  • Radeon RX 570
    71
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    70
  • Radeon R9 290X
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580
    54
  • Radeon RX 570
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    46
  • Radeon R9 290X
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580
    28
  • Radeon RX 570
    25
  • Radeon R9 290X
    24
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290X
    75
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290X
    59
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290X
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    103
  • Radeon R9 290X
    100

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    65
  • Radeon R9 290X
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    33
  • Radeon R9 290X
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon RX 580
    75
  • Radeon RX 570
    69
  • Radeon R9 290X
    68
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon RX 580
    52
  • Radeon R9 290X
    50
  • Radeon RX 570
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon R9 290X
    28
  • Radeon RX 580
    28
  • Radeon RX 570
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • Radeon R9 290X
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • Radeon R9 290X
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • Radeon R9 290X
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290X
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290X
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290X
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon RX 580
    89
  • Radeon R9 290X
    83
  • Radeon RX 570
    82
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    77

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon RX 580
    61
  • Radeon R9 290X
    58
  • Radeon RX 570
    56
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon RX 580
    31
  • Radeon R9 290X
    31
  • Radeon RX 570
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • Radeon R9 290X
    61
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • Radeon R9 290X
    44
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • Radeon R9 290X
    25
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    82
  • Radeon R9 290X
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • Radeon R9 290X
    49
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • Radeon R9 290X
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    24

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 580
    63
  • Radeon RX 570
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    51
  • Radeon R9 290X
    49

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 580
    46
  • Radeon RX 570
    42
  • Radeon R9 290X
    39
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    35

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 580
    26
  • Radeon R9 290X
    24
  • Radeon RX 570
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 290X
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 290X
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 290X
    26

FPS (higher is better)