amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4608
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 • Oct 2020
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 290 W | 300 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 2250 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 4608 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 72 |
| TMUs | 176 | 288 |
| ROPs | 64 | 128 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 288 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 512 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 20.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 26800 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 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 290X
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
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