AMD Radeon R9 290 videocard review
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
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| Geekbench OpenCL |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8293 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 775 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 275 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |
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