Radeon Vega 8 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon Vega 8 |
| 225 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon Vega 8 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Raven Ridge () | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 210 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,940 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 300 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon Vega 8 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon Vega 8 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Feb 2018 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
Radeon Vega 8
17.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
35.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
0.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
1126.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better