amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290
amd
Brand10GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6700
AMD Radeon R9 290
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
Radeon RX 6700
$ • Jun 2021
AMD Radeon RX 6700
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290 | AMD Radeon RX 6700 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 275 W | 175 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 2450 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 36 |
| TMUs | 160 | 144 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 160-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 156.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.849 GFLOPS | 11.29 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 335 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 17200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| 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 R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 6700
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 6700
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 6700
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 6700
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6700 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 6700
AMD • 10GB GDDR6
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