AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

225
Place in performance rating
191
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Value for money (0-100)
13.90
Vega
Architecture
GCN
Vega 12
Code name
Hawaii
Mobile workstation
Type
Desktop
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
24 October 2013 (8 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$549
$360
Price now
$24 (0x MSRP)
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Design
reference
31.98
Value for money
35.36
Vega Mobile
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
2816
815 MHz
Core clock speed
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1283 MHz
Boost Clock
947 MHz
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Transistor count
6,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
102.6
Texture fill rate
176.0
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Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1283 MHz
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
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Number of transistors
6,200 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
275 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X can be seen in this section.

HBM2
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1024 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
1480 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
189.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
+
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-
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UVD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 Pro Vega 20 or AMD Radeon R9 290X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon R9 290X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon R9 290X
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 Pro Vega 20

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290X

7.75% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($24 (0x MSRP) vs $360)

More pipelines (2816 vs 1280)

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 189.4 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 or AMD Radeon R9 290X?

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

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 versus AMD Radeon R9 290X performance benchmarks comparison

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