Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
Radeon RX 5600 XT
184%
Radeon R9 290
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| 84% higher gaming performance. |
| 95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290 . |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 RX 5600 XT
The Radeon RX 5600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 12 (Navi 12 XT) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
Radeon RX 5600 XT
121.90 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
243.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
7803.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
95
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
63
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
34
Radeon R9 290
21
FPS (higher is better)