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: 8834 vs 8213
• 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

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 39121
• 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

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8834 8213
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	767 766
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	39121 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	116.142 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1022.932 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.235 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	84.034 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	607.721 540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1005 3699

Compare specifications (specs)