AMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
AMD Ellesmere

General info

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

191
Place in performance rating
not rated
13.90
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Hawaii
Code name
Ellesmere
Desktop
Type
Desktop
24 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
no data
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$24 (0x MSRP)
Price now
$49
reference
Design
no data
35.36
Value for money
no data
Hawaii XT
GPU code name
Ellesmere
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

2816
Pipelines
2304
947 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
6,200 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
176.0
Texture fill rate
no data
5,632 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2816
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
947 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
6,200 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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275 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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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 290X and AMD Ellesmere can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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512 Bit
Memory bus width
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1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
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320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
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+
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 290X and AMD Ellesmere is the additional functionality.

+
AppAcceleration
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1
CrossFire
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1
FreeSync
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+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

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

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
6.3
Shader Model
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2.0
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

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


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

34.34% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($24 (0x MSRP) vs $49)

More pipelines (2816 vs 2304)

Advantages of AMD Ellesmere

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, AMD Radeon R9 290X or AMD Ellesmere?

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

AMD Radeon R9 290X versus AMD Ellesmere performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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