AMD Radeon R9 290 videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 290

Radeon R9 290 videocard released by AMD; release date: 5 November 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $399. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Hawaii.

Core clock speed - 947 MHz. Texture fill rate - 151.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2560. Floating-point performance - 4,849 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 6,200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 275 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 320.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
8293
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
774
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
89.325 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1366.314 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
10.034 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
98.765 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
540.645 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6300 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3711 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3354 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6300.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3711.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3354.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
3683
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 8293
PassMark - G2D Mark 774
Geekbench - OpenCL 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 89.325 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1366.314 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 10.034 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 98.765 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 540.645 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6300 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3711 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3354 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6300.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3711.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3354.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3683

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0
Code name Hawaii
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 5 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 360
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 947 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2560
Texture fill rate 151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)