AMD Radeon R9 290 in 3 Benchmarks.

Testing AMD Radeon R9 290 in 3 benchmarks. The review of an analogue of AMD Radeon R9 290 from the competing brand.

The manufacturer is AMD. The date of release is 5 November 2013 (8 years ago). The clock speed of a graphics core is 947 MHz with a turbo-boost of . The capacity and base clock speed of the memory is GDDR5 4 GB / 5000 MHz. The RAM Bandwidth is 512 Bit. TDP level is about 275 Watt. The process technology of the chip production is 28 nm. We have checked AMD Radeon R9 290 and offer you to learn its testing in 3 benchmarks and compare it with other models. Performance analysis.

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General Information

Here is the position of AMD Radeon R9 290 in the performance ranking – the less the metric is, the higher the place in the raking is – and useful information, such as the segment of usage, code name, starting sales price.

Place in performance rating:		176
Architecture:		GCN 2.0
Code name:		Hawaii
Type:		Desktop
Release date:		5 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP):		$399
Price now:		$260 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money:		20.23
GPU code name:		Hawaii
Market segment:		Desktop

AMD Radeon R9 290 - Technical Specifications

Technical specs of AMD Radeon R9 290 point to its performance in the game, mining and work apps. The higher the metric (except for process technology) is, the more effective and faster the GPU operates in any apps.

Pipelines:		2560
Core clock speed:		947 MHz
Transistor count:		6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology:		28 nm
Power consumption (TDP):		275 Watt
Texture fill rate:		151.5
Floating-point performance:		4,849 gflops
Pipelines / CUDA cores:		2560
Number of transistors:		6,200 million
Thermal design power (TDP):		275 Watt

AMD Radeon R9 290 - Dimensions and Compatibility

If you pick up the GPU to an already available body, the information may be useful as some models do not fit the standard E-ATX formfactors. Check which interface and connectors AMD Radeon R9 290 has.

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

AMD Radeon R9 290 - Graphics memory (technical specifications)

Here is the second important block of AMD Radeon R9 290 specs. The GPU memory uses for fast proceeding, storage and data calculation. The speed and efficiency of the GPU depend on the standard memory GDDR, its capacity, width and clock speed.

Memory type:		GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount:		4 GB
Memory bus width:		512 Bit
Memory clock speed:		5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth:		320.0 GB/s

AMD Radeon R9 290 - Port and Display Support

Let’s look at the AMD Radeon R9 290 ports and learn how many displays and which connectors it has to be used to connect.

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

AMD Radeon R9 290 - API support

AMD Radeon R9 290 supports DirectX, OpenGL, OpenCL and other standard complexes for developing 3D models. Learn their supported versions.

DirectX:		12 (12_0)
OpenGL:		4.6
Vulkan:		1.2.131
Shader Model:		6.3
OpenCL:		2.0

AMD Radeon R9 290 - Mining hashrates

Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto):		30 Mh/s
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256):		545 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash):		285 Sol/s

AMD Radeon R9 290 Gaming Performance

Which games does AMD Radeon R9 290 fit? What is the average FPS in a definite game? All the answers can be found below. You just need to choose a game in which you carried out AMD Radeon R9 290 testing and check the results in a corresponding resolution. *AMD Radeon R9 290 testing in games were held on the stock assembly without overclocking.

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AMD Radeon R9 290 Testing in Benchmarks

It is our favourite section, AMD Radeon R9 290 Testing in Benchmarks. It is here where you learn which competitors and comparable GPUs by specs and performance are similar. The benchmark score shows how fast and effective the GPU operates with various calculations and graphics scenarios under high load and stress testing.

GPU Benchmark performance

NVIDIA GeForce 6500

38%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

37.88%

AMD Radeon R9 290

37.48%

NVIDIA Quadro M5500

36.65%

AMD Radeon RX 470

36.57%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

3DMark Fire Strike is a benchmark of GPUs, which reflects a GPU's testing results under factory conditions without overclocking, making it the most realistic in contrast to the custom dimensions of performance.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

11954

AMD Radeon RX 470

11885

AMD Radeon R9 290

11860

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI

11817

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti

11812

Passmark GPU

It is professional testing of a GPU in the authoritative benchmark Passmark, which millions of users around the world trust. Only Passmark is able to give the complete picture of GPU performance in our rating, which you can see in this section.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

8237

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

8180

AMD Radeon R9 290

8093

NVIDIA Quadro T2000 Mobile

7985

NVIDIA Quadro M5500

7915

Unigine Heaven 4.0

Heaven Benchmark 4.0 is an upgraded generation of benchmarks and the full load on all subsystems of a GPU. Heaven Benchmark uses a special algorithm for testing, defining the stability of a graphics processor and video memory in complex calculations. Also, a GPU's cooling system is checked, being another advantage of the benchmark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

1543

AMD Radeon R9 390

1520

AMD Radeon R9 290

1440

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

1417

NVIDIA Quadro M5000M

1415

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