AMD Radeon R9 290X videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Radeon R9 290X videocard released by AMD; release date: 24 October 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $549. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Hawaii.

Boost clock speed - 947 MHz. Texture fill rate - 176.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2816. Floating-point performance - 5,632 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 6,200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 250 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1250 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 320 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38733
8644
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1306
770
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
42419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
114.883 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
2460.464 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
11.120 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
120.942 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
628.757 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
8729 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
7055 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
8729.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
7055.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36541
3952
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 8644
PassMark - G2D Mark 770
Geekbench - OpenCL 42419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 114.883 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 2460.464 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 11.120 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 120.942 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 628.757 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 8729 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 7055 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 8729.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 7055.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3952

Games performance

1. Counter-Strike: GO (2012)
2. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) (2017)
3. Team Fortress 2 (2017)
4. Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017)
5. For Honor (2017)
6. Dishonored 2 (2016)
7. Call of Duty Infinite Warfare (2016)
8. Titanfall 2 (2016)
9. Farming Simulator 17 (2016)
10. Civilization VI (2016)
11. Battlefield 1 (2016)
12. Mafia 3 (2016)
13. Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)
14. Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)
15. Overwatch (2016)
16. Ashes of the Singularity (2016)
17. Hitman 2016 (2016)
18. The Division (2016)
19. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
20. Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
21. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
22. Fallout 4 (2015)
23. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
24. Anno 2205 (2015)
25. World of Warships (2015)
26. Dota 2 Reborn (2015)
27. The Witcher 3 (2015)
28. Dirt Rally (2015)
29. GTA V (2015)
30. Far Cry 4 (2014)
31. Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)
32. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
33. Alien: Isolation (2014)
34. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
35. Sims 4 (2014)
36. Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)
37. The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)
38. Thief (2014)
39. Battlefield 4 (2013)
40. Total War: Rome II (2013)
41. Company of Heroes 2 (2013)
42. Metro: Last Light (2013)
43. Tomb Raider (2013)
44. Hitman: Absolution (2012)
45. Borderlands 2 (2012)
46. Diablo III (2012)
47. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) (2017)

Ultra, 1920x108043.70

Team Fortress 2 (2017)

Ultra, 1920x1080124.00
4K, 3820x2160124.00

Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017)

High, 1920x108060.10
Ultra, 1920x108030.50
4K, 3840x216024.20

For Honor (2017)

Ultra, 1920x108076.50
4K, 3840x216033.60

Dishonored 2 (2016)

Ultra, 1920x108047.80
4K, 3840x216023.60

Call of Duty Infinite Warfare (2016)

Ultra, 1920x108086.00
4K, 3840x216047.70

Titanfall 2 (2016)

Ultra, 1920x1080103.00
4K, 3840x216061.00

Farming Simulator 17 (2016)

4K, 3840x216095.00

Civilization VI (2016)

Ultra, 1920x108055.00
4K, 3840x216051.00

Battlefield 1 (2016)

High, 1920x108039.70
Ultra, 1920x108096.00

Mafia 3 (2016)

High, 1920x108037.00

Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)

High, 1920x108061.20
Ultra, 1920x108033.10

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

High, 1920x108080.50
Ultra, 1920x108065.90
4K, 3840x216028.60

Overwatch (2016)

High, 1920x1080198.00
Ultra, 1920x108097.00
4K, 3840x216065.40

Ashes of the Singularity (2016)

Medium, 1920x108067.80
High, 1920x108062.20
4K, 3840x216026.50

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Ultra, 1920x108058.00
4K, 3840x216032.50

The Division (2016)

Ultra, 1920x108050.70
4K, 3840x216029.90

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768149.00
Medium, 1366x768102.00
High, 1920x108065.00
Ultra, 1920x108050.50
4K, 3840x216027.20

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x76878.00
Medium, 1366x76875.00
High, 1920x108064.00
Ultra, 1920x10805.00
4K, 3840x216026.20

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768186.00
Medium, 1366x768159.00
High, 1920x1080118.00
Ultra, 1920x1080104.00
4K, 3840x216043.40

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720159.00
Medium, 1366x768135.00
High, 1920x108084.00
Ultra, 1920x108064.00
4K, 3840x216031.60

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768140.00
Medium, 1366x768132.00
High, 1920x108090.00
Ultra, 1920x108067.00
4K, 3840x216031.10

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768170.00
Medium, 1366x768126.00
High, 1920x108066.00
Ultra, 1920x108026.00
4K, 3840x216026.90

World of Warships (2015)

Ultra, 1920x108057.90
4K, 3840 x 216057.90

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Ultra, 1920x1080136.00
4K, 3840x216084.00

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768179.00
Medium, 1366x768123.00
High, 1920x108075.00
Ultra, 1920x108029.00
4K, 3840x216028.40

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768441.00
Medium, 1366x768163.00
High, 1920x1080137.00
Ultra, 1920x108097.40
4K, 3840x216075.20

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768155.00
Medium, 1366x768149.00
High, 1920x108093.00
Ultra, 1920x108041.00
4K, 3840x216051.80

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768122.00
Medium, 1366x768115.00
High, 1920x108094.00
Ultra, 1920x108080.00

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76868.00
Medium, 1366x76867.00
High, 1920x108046.00
Ultra, 1920x108031.90

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x768119.00
Medium, 1366x76891.30
High, 1920x108086.60
Ultra, 1920x108067.50

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768217.00
Medium, 1366x768185.50
High, 1920x1080138.50
Ultra, 1920x1080111.50

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720244.00
Medium, 1344x756196.00
High, 1920x1080113.50
Ultra, 1920x108084.50

Sims 4 (2014)

Ultra, 1920x108093.00

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

High, 1920x108057.00
Ultra, 1920x108056.30

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

High, 1366x76867.50
Ultra, 1920x108041.00

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76863.00
Medium, 1366x76870.00
High, 1366x76874.00
Ultra, 1920x108064.00

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Ultra, 1920x108078.00
4K, 3840x216046.60

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768217.00
Medium, 1366x768172.00
High, 1366x768139.00
Ultra, 1920x108056.30

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Ultra, 1920x108047.85

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768121.00
Medium, 1366x768119.50
High, 1366x768108.00
Ultra, 1920x108077.50

Tomb Raider (2013)

High, 1366x768266.00
Ultra, 1920x1080137.00

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Medium, 1366x76866.00
High, 1366x76860.00
Ultra, 1920x108058.50

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Ultra, 1920x1080122.00

Diablo III (2012)

Ultra, 1920x1080260.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Ultra, 1920x1080186.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture GCN 2.0
Code name Hawaii
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $549
Place in performance rating 286
Type Desktop

Technical info
Boost clock speed 947 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2816
Stream Processors 2560
Texture fill rate 176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin

API support
DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Memory
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)

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