AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid 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, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1406 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 22% better floating-point performance: 13,738 gflops vs 2x 5,632 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	8 August 2017 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1406 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,738 gflops vs 2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

5.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 429.3 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 4096
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 429.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 4096
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Hawaii
Launch date	8 August 2017	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	256	282
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1677 MHz
Core clock speed	1406 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,738 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	429.3 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count		6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.6