AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 590

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 1000 MHz
102.2x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Launch date	15 November 2018 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1469 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

1586.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.441 vs 12.352

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441 vs 12.352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.352

19.441

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9393
PassMark - G2D Mark	789
Geekbench - OpenCL	45826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.352	19.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4757

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Polaris 30	Hawaii
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	15 November 2018	24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$1,399
Place in performance rating	276	275
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1469 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	7.1 TFLOPs	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pixel fill rate	49.54 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	6,200 million
Pipelines		2x 2816
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support