AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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 W5700X

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

Around 96% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 947 MHz
1579x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 250 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
11.2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43810 vs 42419
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16573 vs 8729
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16573 vs 8729
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 770
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 8644

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	43810 vs 42419
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364 vs 3353
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 770
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591 vs 8644

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3714
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3714

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 2560
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7055 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7055 vs 3714

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

43810

42419

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16573

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16573

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3353

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1060

770

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17591

8644

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Geekbench - OpenCL	43810	42419
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364	3353
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060	770
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591	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		3962

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 10	Hawaii
Launch date	Q3'2020	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	146	286
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz	947 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	1243 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2816
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)