Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
Radeon RX 460
100%
Radeon R9 290
191%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 460
100%
Radeon R9 290
190%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 460 |
| 200 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290 |
| 90% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin PRO) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 896 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
Radeon RX 460
19.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
67.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
112.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
2150.40 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
8080
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 460
31
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 460
27
Radeon R9 290
59
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
Radeon RX 460
47
Radeon R9 290
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 460
34
Radeon R9 290
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 460
43
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon RX 460
37
Radeon R9 290
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 460
34
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 460
28
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
Radeon RX 460
29
Radeon R9 290
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 460
21
Radeon R9 290
38
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 460
18
Radeon R9 290
43
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
Radeon RX 460
30
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 460
23
Radeon R9 290
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 460
32
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon RX 460
27
Radeon R9 290
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 460
22
Radeon R9 290
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 460
21
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
Radeon RX 460
20
Radeon R9 290
41
FPS (higher is better)