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

amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 560

AMD Radeon R9 290
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
Radeon RX 560
$99 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 560

Specs Comparison
Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290 | AMD Radeon RX 560 |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
TDP | 275 W | 75 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | N/A | 1275 MHz |
Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
Shading Units | 2560 | 1024 |
RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
TMUs | 160 | 64 |
ROPs | 64 | 16 |
Memory Bus | 512-bit | 128-bit |
Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1750 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 20.4 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 112 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 4.849 GFLOPS | 2.611 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
Die Size | 438 mm² | 123 mm² |
Transistors | 6200 Million | 3000 Million |
Required PSU | 600 W | 250 W |
Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 560


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 560


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 560


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 560
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 290 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon RX 560
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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