AMD Radeon RX 480 vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon R9 290 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 947 MHz
• Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 151.5 GTexel / s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
• Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8578 vs 8210
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 763
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 103.851 vs 89.325
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.772 vs 540.645
• Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11172 vs 6300
• Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11172 vs 6300

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

• Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
• 836x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
• 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 39538
• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1366.314 vs 769.541
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 7.593
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.765 vs 67.879
• 3.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3699 vs 966

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8578 8210
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	774 763
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	39538 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	103.851 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	769.541 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7.593 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	67.879 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	597.772 540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11172 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3719 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3361 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11172 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3719 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3361 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	966 3699

Compare specifications (specs)