Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
Radeon RX 580
113%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 |
| 13% higher gaming performance. |
| 140 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 580
The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 580
40.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
182.30 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
256.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
5834.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
75
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 580
89
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 580
80
Radeon R9 290X
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 580
63
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
52
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 580
61
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 580
54
Radeon R9 290X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 580
46
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
28
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 580
31
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 580
28
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 580
26
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)