AMD Radeon RX 570X vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X 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: 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 570X

AMD Radeon R9 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

Videocard is newer: launch date 94 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 947 MHz
1051x more texture fill rate: 159.23 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
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 275 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8697 vs 6300
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8697 vs 6300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2108 vs 5 November 2013
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 151.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697 vs 6300

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
950.8x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3101
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3101
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 765 vs 750
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8239 vs 1923
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 38939

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3345
PassMark - G2D Mark	765 vs 750
PassMark - G3D Mark	8239 vs 1923
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 38939

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

765

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1923

8239

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38939

102277

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570X	AMD Radeon R9 290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3101	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3101	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3354
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	765
PassMark - G3D Mark	1923	8239
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939	102277
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3699

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570X	AMD Radeon R9 290
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Hawaii
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2108	5 November 2013
Place in performance rating	347	344
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1244 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2560
Pixel fill rate	39.81 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s	151.5 GTexel / s
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)