Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Radeon R9 290X

Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory: 8192Mb HBM2DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
Radeon R9 290X
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 24 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 290X

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX Vega 56

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).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 56Radeon R9 290X
GPU NameVega 10 (Vega 10 XL)vsHawaii (Hawaii XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size484 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors12,500 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders3584vs2816
Compute Units56vs44
Core clock1156 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs224vs176

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 56Radeon R9 290X
Memory TypeHBM2vsGDDR5
Bus Width2048 bitvs512 bit
Memory Speed800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX Vega 56Radeon R9 290X
TDP210 wattsvs290 watts
Release Date8 Aug 2017vs24 Oct 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    94.14 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 290X
    64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    329.50 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 290X
    176.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    409.60 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 290X
    320.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    10544.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 290X
    5632.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    100
  • Radeon R9 290X
    68

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    122
  • Radeon R9 290X
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    112
  • Radeon R9 290X
    60

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    90
  • Radeon R9 290X
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    72
  • Radeon R9 290X
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    81
  • Radeon R9 290X
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    75
  • Radeon R9 290X
    43

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    67
  • Radeon R9 290X
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    40
  • Radeon R9 290X
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    43
  • Radeon R9 290X
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    40
  • Radeon R9 290X
    24

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    39
  • Radeon R9 290X
    24

FPS (higher is better)