AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 290 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

AMD Radeon R9 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 947 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 6300
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 6300
Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 3684

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 5 November 2013
Core clock speed	1448 MHz vs 947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058 vs 6300
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 3684

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 144.76 GT/s
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8314 vs 3166
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 336
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 38633
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3617
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3617

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 144.76 GT/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 336
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 38633
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

8314

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

775

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38633

102277

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3354

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

3684

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	8314
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	775
Geekbench - OpenCL	38633	102277
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	3684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		540.645

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 290
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 2.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	5 November 2013
Place in performance rating	390	348
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		Hawaii
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1448 MHz	947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	151.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	6400 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		4,849 gflops
Pipelines		2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		275 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		5000 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.6
Vulkan