AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Radeon R9 290
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 947 MHz
- 1273.7x more texture fill rate: 192.96 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
- Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 275 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8827 vs 8210
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 763
- Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 89.325
- Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 540.645
- Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 6300
- Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 6300
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 5 November 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 1257 MHz vs 947 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s vs 151.5 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 185 Watt vs 275 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz vs 5000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8827 vs 8210 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 767 vs 763 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 116.142 vs 89.325 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 607.721 vs 540.645 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11281 vs 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11281 vs 6300 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290
- Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
- 782.1x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
- 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 39028
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1366.314 vs 1022.932
- Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 9.235
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.765 vs 84.034
- 3.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3699 vs 1005
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 2560 vs 2304 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,849 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 102277 vs 39028 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1366.314 vs 1022.932 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 10.034 vs 9.235 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 98.765 vs 84.034 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3711 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 vs 3349 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3711 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 vs 3349 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3699 vs 1005 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 580 | AMD Radeon R9 290 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8827 | 8210 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 767 | 763 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 39028 | 102277 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 116.142 | 89.325 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1022.932 | 1366.314 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.235 | 10.034 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 84.034 | 98.765 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 607.721 | 540.645 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11281 | 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3695 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 | 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11281 | 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3695 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 | 3354 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1005 | 3699 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 580 | AMD Radeon R9 290 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | Polaris 20 | Hawaii |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 5 November 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $399 |
| Place in performance rating | 341 | 339 |
| Price now | $169.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 76.21 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1340 MHz | |
| Compute units | 36 | |
| Core clock speed | 1257 MHz | 947 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 6.2 TFLOPs | 4,849 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2304 | 2560 |
| Pixel fill rate | 42.88 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 32 | |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s | 151.5 GTexel / s |
| Texture Units | 144 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 185 Watt | 275 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | 6,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 275 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 320.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
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| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
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| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
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| TressFX | ||

