AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X and AMD Radeon R9 290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1475 MHz vs 947 MHz
2145.5x more texture fill rate: 377.6 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Around 45% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2816
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13123 vs 8729
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13123 vs 8729
Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75438 vs 42508
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 948 vs 770
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14631 vs 8644

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2017 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1475 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	377.6 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2816
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13123 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13123 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3353
Geekbench - OpenCL	75438 vs 42508
PassMark - G2D Mark	948 vs 770
PassMark - G3D Mark	14631 vs 8644

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 59% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3715
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3715

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7055 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7055 vs 3715

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13123

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13123

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3353

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

75438

42508

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

948

770

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14631

8644

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X	AMD Radeon R9 290X
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13123	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13123	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3353
Geekbench - OpenCL	75438	42508
PassMark - G2D Mark	948	770
PassMark - G3D Mark	14631	8644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3952

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Hawaii
Launch date	23 June 2017	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	172	286
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1475 MHz	947 MHz
Compute units	64
Core clock speed	1250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	755.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.17 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.08 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	2816
Pixel fill rate	94.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	377.6 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12500 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)	1250 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio