AMD Radeon R9 290

amd

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

2560

Cores

320 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon R9 290

$399 Nov 2013 View Details
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580

amd

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

2304

Cores

256 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 580

$229 Apr 2017 View Details
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

$399 • Nov 2013

VS

Radeon RX 580

$229 • Apr 2017

AMD Radeon RX 580
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon RX 580
4 GB8 GB
GDDR5GDDR5
275 W185 W
N/AN/A
N/A1340 MHz
320 GB/s 256 GB/s
28nm14nm
GCN 2.0GCN 4.0
2560 2304
N/AN/A
160 144
64 32
512-bit 256-bit
1250 MHz2000 MHz
60.61 GPixel/s 42.88 GPixel/s
320 GTexel/s 256 GTexel/s
4.849 GFLOPS6.175 GFLOPS
1.00 MB2.00 MB
438 mm²232 mm²
6200 Million 5700 Million
600 W450 W
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
1212
N/A1.3
4.64.6
TSMCGlobalFoundries

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

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3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

3535

AMD Radeon R9 290

4176 (+18%)

AMD Radeon RX 580

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Geekbench

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

41610 (+3%)

AMD Radeon R9 290

40514

AMD Radeon RX 580

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

FPS

AMD Radeon R9 290

FPS

AMD Radeon RX 580

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Passmark

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

8150

AMD Radeon R9 290

8835 (+8%)

AMD Radeon RX 580

Game Benchmarks Comparison (198 benchmarks)

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Valkyria Chronicles 4

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 Action, RPG, Strategy

1080p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+30%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+26%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+23%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Pathfinder Kingmaker

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 Adventure, RPG

1080p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+12%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
1440p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+11%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+7%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Dying Light Bad Blood

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 Action, RPG, Early Access

1080p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+21%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+20%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+18%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Immortal Unchained

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 Action, Adventure, RPG

1080p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+22%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high

Radeon RX 580 (+20%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+13%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Shadows Awakening

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 Action, RPG

1080p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+19%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+20%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+19%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Strange Brigade

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+21%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+33%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra

Radeon RX 580 (+15%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser

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AMD Radeon RX 580 Wins!

Based on 195 benchmarks across 66 games

39
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290
VS
+26.9%
50
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 580
AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD • 4GB GDDR5

0
Wins
39
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 580

AMD Radeon RX 580

AMD • 8GB GDDR5

191
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate

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AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

2012 1GB GDDR5 $159
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6600

Radeon RX 6600

2021 8GB GDDR6 $329
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
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GeForce RTX 4060

2023 8GB GDDR6 $299
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390X

Radeon R9 390X

2015 8GB GDDR5 $429
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6700

Radeon RX 6700

2021 10GB GDDR6 N/A
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X

Radeon R9 290X

2013 4GB GDDR5 $549
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

2017 11GB GDDR5X $699
AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290

2013 4GB GDDR5 $399
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Radeon RX 6700 XT

2021 12GB GDDR6 $479

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