Radeon RX 570 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
Radeon RX 570
111%
Radeon R9 290
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 570 |
| 11% higher gaming performance. |
| 155 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 570
The Radeon RX 570 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 570 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
Radeon RX 570
38.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
154.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
211.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
4940.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
69
Radeon R9 290
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 570
82
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 570
71
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
58
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
48
Radeon R9 290
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 570
56
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 570
48
Radeon R9 290
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
42
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
26
Radeon R9 290
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 570
30
Radeon R9 290
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 570
25
Radeon R9 290
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
24
Radeon R9 290
21
FPS (higher is better)