AMD Radeon R9 290X VS AMD Radeon RX 470
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 290X
VS
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores211.2 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 470
AMD Radeon R9 290X
4GB GDDR5 290W N/A Oct 2013
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
VS
Radeon RX 470
$179 • Aug 2016
AMD Radeon RX 470
4GB GDDR5 120W N/A Aug 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | AMD Radeon RX 470 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 290 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1206 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 211.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 128 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 38.59 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 211.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 4.94 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| 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
3819 (+9%)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
3498
AMD Radeon RX 470
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
43410 (+38%)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
31382
AMD Radeon RX 470
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 470
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8530 (+7%)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
7968
AMD Radeon RX 470
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+4%)
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+6%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+9%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+22%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+24%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+29%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+10%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+10%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+9%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+10%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+13%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+14%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+12%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+11%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+16%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+11%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+2%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+16%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon R9 290X Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
43
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290X
VS
+4.4%
41
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 470
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
171
Wins
43
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
69%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
49
Wins
41
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
20%
Win Rate
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