AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 24 June 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 973 MHz

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 973 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	32333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Hawaii
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	720	282
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,632 gflops
Pipelines		2x 2816
Texture fill rate		2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	5400 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 512 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5