
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7990

amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290

AMD Radeon HD 7990
Radeon HD 7990
$999 • Apr 2013
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
AMD Radeon R9 290

Specs Comparison
Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7990 | AMD Radeon R9 290 |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
TDP | 375 W | 275 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | N/A |
Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 2.0 |
Shading Units | 2048 | 2560 |
RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
TMUs | 128 | 160 |
ROPs | 32 | 64 |
Memory Bus | 384-bit | 512-bit |
Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 60.61 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 4.096 GFLOPS | 4.849 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 1.00 MB |
Die Size | 365 mm² | 438 mm² |
Transistors | 4313 Million | 6200 Million |
Required PSU | 750 W | 600 W |
Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R9 290


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R9 290


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R9 290


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R9 290
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 290 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD • 3GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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