AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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 580 2048SP

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 947 MHz
• 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 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.237 vs 89.325
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1366.314
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 10.034
• Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 149.333 vs 98.765
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 614.542 vs 540.645
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9258 vs 6300
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9258 vs 6300
• Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3785 vs 3684

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8313 vs 7710
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 662
• 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 34850

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7710 8313
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	662 775
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34850 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	115.237 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1890.261 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.121 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	149.333 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	614.542 540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3785 3684

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