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Graphics card overview

Radeon R9 290X

AMD

Radeon R9 290X

4096 Mb GDDR5 Released 24 Oct 2013 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 290X

Core configuration

GPUHawaii
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2816 : 176 : 64
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance5632.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width512 bit
Memory Speed1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth320.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 290X is a graphics card released by AMD on 24 Oct 2013. The graphics card houses the Hawaii die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_1 architecture which packs 6,200 million transistors on a 28 nm, 438 mm² die.

Radeon R9 290X pros and cons

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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon R9 290X Radeon R9 290X GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1650 Compare Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB Compare
Shader units 2816 896 2304 2048 1152
ROPs 64 32 32 32 48
Graphics processor Hawaii TU107 Ellesmere Ellesmere GP106
Process size 28 nm 12 nm 14 nm 14 nm 16 nm
Memory 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)		 3072 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 512 bit 128 bit 256 bit 256 bit 192 bit
Memory bandwidth 320.00 Gb/s 128.00 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s 192.20 Gb/s
Release date 24 Oct 2013 30 Apr 2019 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2017 18 Aug 2016

Benchmarks

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580 80
  • Radeon RX 570 71
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 70
  • Radeon R9 290X 60

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580 54
  • Radeon RX 570 48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 46
  • Radeon R9 290X 43

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580 28
  • Radeon RX 570 25
  • Radeon R9 290X 24
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 17

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290X 75
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 52

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290X 59
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 37

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

  • Radeon R9 290X 31
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 22

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 103
  • Radeon R9 290X 100

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 65
  • Radeon R9 290X 63

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 33
  • Radeon R9 290X 32

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon RX 580 75
  • Radeon RX 570 69
  • Radeon R9 290X 68
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 66

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon RX 580 52
  • Radeon R9 290X 50
  • Radeon RX 570 48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 45

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

  • Radeon R9 290X 28
  • Radeon RX 580 28
  • Radeon RX 570 26
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 22

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • Radeon R9 290X 57

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • Radeon R9 290X 41

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

  • Radeon R9 290X 25

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290X 73

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290X 47

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

  • Radeon R9 290X 22

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon RX 580 89
  • Radeon R9 290X 83
  • Radeon RX 570 82
  • GeForce GTX 1650 77

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon RX 580 61
  • Radeon R9 290X 58
  • Radeon RX 570 56
  • GeForce GTX 1650 49

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon R9 290X 31
  • Radeon RX 580 31
  • Radeon RX 570 30

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • Radeon R9 290X 61
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 58

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • Radeon R9 290X 44
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 41

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

  • Radeon R9 290X 25
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 23

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 82
  • Radeon R9 290X 64

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • Radeon R9 290X 49
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 49

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • Radeon R9 290X 26
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 24

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 580 63
  • Radeon RX 570 58
  • GeForce GTX 1650 51
  • Radeon R9 290X 49

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 580 46
  • Radeon RX 570 42
  • Radeon R9 290X 39
  • GeForce GTX 1650 35

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 580 26
  • Radeon R9 290X 24
  • Radeon RX 570 24

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 290X 66

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 290X 48

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 290X 26

FPS (higher is better)