Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
Radeon RX Vega 56
158%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| 58% higher gaming performance. |
| 80 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Vega 56
The Radeon RX Vega 56 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 3584 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 56 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1156 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 210 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
100
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
122
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX Vega 56
112
Radeon R9 290X
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
90
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
72
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
81
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX Vega 56
75
Radeon R9 290X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
67
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
40
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
43
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX Vega 56
40
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
39
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)