AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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: 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 5500 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • 922.7x more texture fill rate: 162.4 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 92% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 11.2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9134 vs 8618
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 765
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44565 vs 43456
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 128.135 vs 117.322
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.328 vs 11.12
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.474 vs 120.942
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 742.778 vs 628.757
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11075 vs 8729
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11075 vs 8729
  • Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4910 vs 3925
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1845 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9134 vs 8618
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 vs 765
Geekbench - OpenCL 44565 vs 43456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 vs 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 vs 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474 vs 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778 vs 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4910 vs 3925

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • 2x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1408
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 2024.814
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3722
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3722
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2816 vs 1408
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2460.464 vs 2024.814
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7055 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7055 vs 3722

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9134
8618
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
776
765
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
44565
43456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
128.135
117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2024.814
2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.328
11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
125.474
120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
742.778
628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4910
3925
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark 9134 8618
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 765
Geekbench - OpenCL 44565 43456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4910 3925

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon R9 290X

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Navi 14 Hawaii
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $169 $549
Place in performance rating 304 301
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz 947 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 2816
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s 176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 6,200 million
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops
Stream Processors 2560

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 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 7.09 inches (180 mm) 275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 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 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)