amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory3840
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6800
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Radeon RX 6800
$579 • Oct 2020
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 290 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2105 MHz | N/A |
| Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | 60 | N/A |
| TMUs | 240 | 176 |
| ROPs | 96 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 202.1 GPixel/s | 64 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 512 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 16.17 GFLOPS | 5.632 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 26800 Million | 6200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| 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 RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 290X
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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