AMD Radeon R9 290
VS
AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon R9 290
VS
AMD Radeon RX 570

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

166
Place in performance rating
198
no data
Value for money (0-100)
54.96
GCN 2.0
Architecture
Polaris
Hawaii
Code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Type
Desktop
5 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
$169
$237 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$433 (2.6x MSRP)
25.21
Value for money
20.78
Hawaii
GPU code name
Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
2048
947 MHz
Core clock speed
1168 MHz
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Boost Clock
1244 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
275 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
151.5
Texture fill rate
159.2
4,849 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,095 gflops
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
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Boost clock speed
1244 MHz
6,200 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
275 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
241 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
320.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570 is the additional functionality.

no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon RX 570 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 290 or AMD Radeon RX 570 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 570
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 570
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 570
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 570
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 570
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290

5.22% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($237 (0.6x MSRP) vs $433 (2.6x MSRP))

More pipelines (2560 vs 2048)

More memory bandwidth (320.0 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 570

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 275 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 290 or AMD Radeon RX 570?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290 .

AMD Radeon R9 290 versus AMD Radeon RX 570 performance benchmarks comparison

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