Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 590
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 590 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1257 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 590 | | 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 590 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 590
49.44 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
222.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
256.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
7119.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better