AMD Radeon R9 290X vs AMD Radeon RX 580: What is the difference?
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AMD Radeon R9 290X
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AMD Radeon RX 580
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54 facts in comparison
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 580
Why is AMD Radeon R9 290X better than AMD Radeon RX 580?
- 96GB/s more memory bandwidth?
320GB/svs224GB/s - 256bit wider memory bus width?
512bitvs256bit - 512 more shading units?
2816vs2304 - 500million more transistors?
6200 millionvs5700 million - 32 more texture mapping units (TMUs)?
176vs144 - 32 more render output units (ROPs)?
64vs32 - 2 more DVI outputs?
2vs0 - 22.
5mm shorter?
120mmvs142.5mm
Why is AMD Radeon RX 580 better than AMD Radeon R9 290X?
- 120MHz faster GPU clock speed?
1120MHzvs1000MHz - 1.59 TFLOPS higher floating-point performance?
6.1 TFLOPSvs4.51 TFLOPS - 7.7 GPixel/s higher pixel rate?
42.9 GPixel/svs35.2 GPixel/s - 100W lower TDP?
150Wvs250W - 750MHz faster memory clock speed?
2000MHzvs1250MHz - 2.02x more VRAM?
8.1GBvs4GB - 3000MHz higher effective memory clock speed?
8000MHzvs5000MHz - 52 GTexels/s higher texture rate?
193 GTexels/svs141 GTexels/s
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AMD Radeon R9 290X
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AMD Radeon RX 570
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Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660 Super
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
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AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon RX 580
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
AMD Radeon R9 290X
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon R9 290X
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AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon RX 580
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
AMD Radeon R9 290X
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Gigabyte Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon RX 580
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
AMD Radeon R9 290X
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AMD Radeon RX 560
AMD Radeon RX 580
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AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon R9 290X
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
AMD Radeon RX 580
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Zotac GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 580
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
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User reviews
Overall Rating
AMD Radeon R9 290X
0 User reviews
AMD Radeon R9 290X
0.
0/10
0 User reviews
AMD Radeon RX 580
3 User reviews
AMD Radeon RX 580
9.3/10
3 User reviews
Features
Value for money
No reviews yet
9.7/10
3 votes
Gaming
No reviews yet
10.0/10
3 votes
Performance
No reviews yet
8.7/10
3 votes
Quiet operation
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6.7/10
3 votes
Reliability
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8.7/10
3 votes
Performance
GPU clock speed
1000MHz
1120MHz
The graphics processing unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed.
GPU turbo
Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (AMD Radeon R9 290X)
1266MHz
When the GPU is running below its limitations, it can boost to a higher clock speed in order to give increased performance.
pixel rate
35.
2 GPixel/s
42.9 GPixel/s
The number of pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
floating-point performance
4.51 TFLOPS
6.1 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance is a measurement of the raw processing power of the GPU.
texture rate
141 GTexels/s
193 GTexels/s
The number of textured pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
GPU memory speed
1250MHz
2000MHz
The memory clock speed is one aspect that determines the memory bandwidth.
shading units
Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors within the graphics card that are responsible for processing different aspects of the image.
texture mapping units (TMUs)
TMUs take textures and map them to the geometry of a 3D scene. More TMUs will typically mean that texture information is processed faster.
render output units (ROPs)
The ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, writing the final pixel data to memory and carrying out other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the look of graphics.
Memory
effective memory speed
5000MHz
8000MHz
The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the size and data rate of the memory. Higher clock speeds can give increased performance in games and other apps.
maximum memory bandwidth
320GB/s
224GB/s
This is the maximum rate that data can be read from or stored into memory.
VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of a graphics card. More VRAM generally allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.
memory bus width
512bit
256bit
A wider bus width means that it can carry more data per cycle.
It is an important factor of memory performance, and therefore the general performance of the graphics card.
version of GDDR memory
Newer versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher transfer rates that give increased performance.
Supports ECC memory
✖AMD Radeon R9 290X
✖AMD Radeon RX 580
Error-correcting code memory can detect and correct data corruption. It is used when is it essential to avoid corruption, such as scientific computing or when running a server.
Features
DirectX version
DirectX is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.
OpenGL version
OpenGL is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.
OpenCL version
Some apps use OpenCL to apply the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing.
Newer versions introduce more functionality and better performance.
Supports multi-display technology
✔AMD Radeon R9 290X
✔AMD Radeon RX 580
The graphics card supports multi-display technology. This allows you to configure multiple monitors in order to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as having a wider field of view.
load GPU temperature
Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (AMD Radeon RX 580)
A lower load temperature means that the card produces less heat and its cooling system performs better.
supports ray tracing
✖AMD Radeon R9 290X
✖AMD Radeon RX 580
Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections in games.
Supports 3D
✔AMD Radeon R9 290X
✔AMD Radeon RX 580
Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D display and glasses).
supports DLSS
✖AMD Radeon R9 290X
✖AMD Radeon RX 580
DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an upscaling technology powered by AI. It allows the graphics card to render games at a lower resolution and upscale them to a higher resolution with near-native visual quality and increased performance. DLSS is only available on select games.
PassMark (G3D) result
This benchmark measures the graphics performance of a video card. Source: PassMark.
Ports
has an HDMI output
✔AMD Radeon R9 290X
✔AMD Radeon RX 580
Devices with a HDMI or mini HDMI port can transfer high definition video and audio to a display.
HDMI ports
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More HDMI ports mean that you can simultaneously connect numerous devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes.
HDMI version
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HDMI 2.0
Newer versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth, which allows for higher resolutions and frame rates.
DisplayPort outputs
Allows you to connect to a display using DisplayPort.
DVI outputs
Allows you to connect to a display using DVI.
mini DisplayPort outputs
Allows you to connect to a display using mini-DisplayPort.
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Upgrade from 4GB R9 290x to RX 580 8GB, performance increase minimal?! Corrupt BIOS splash screen?! : pcmasterrace
TL;DR Upgrade from R9 290x 4GB to RX 580 8GB is not giving the performance increase I expected. I used a bottleneck calc and found no bottlenecks in my system. You will find my specs below. Shouldn’t I be able to run everything near ultra with 60FPS on a 2k freesync monitor @ 2k resolution, or am I expecting too much and I should dial down to 1080?
I recently upgraded my gpu from a 4GB XFX Double-D R9 290x to an 8GB XFX RX 580 GTS Black Edition (I love XFX because they’re great for overclocking)
I’m not getting the performance increases that I thought I would get, I run my games at 2k resolution on a freesync monitor.
For instance right now I’m playing Dragon’s Dogma, I have all the settings at absolute max plus Reshade with SweetFX. The GPU is running at 105% on the core clock and i’m working my way up on the memory clock. Dragon’s Dogma to me doesn’t look like a very graphically demanding game compared to others i’ve played.
I recently ran into a bug in Ark survival Evolved where the game just crashes about 2 minutes after entering a server, it wasn’t doing that for the first week i had the card, and i never had problems with my r9 290x, although when Ark was running, it looked beautiful.
However my main gripe is that in both dragons dogma, and ark when it was running, my FPS isn’t stellar. In dragon’s dogma I’m averaging about 30 fps it’s pretty steady but can drop to 25FPS, however I never notice much graphical lag it always seems comfortable and the only way i know my FPS is dropping that low is because of the FPS counter I have running.
I get an FPS increase in Dragons Dogma when I disable SweetFX, and of course the more effects I add and the more i tweak them for increased quality, the lower my FPS goes.
I’m hoping I can get Ark working again some day because I had a lot of good dinos on my server and they’re probably gonna die. 🙁
Right now though I’m super excited for monster hunter world, and i’m going to play the Witcher 3 again now that I have a new card. I used a bottleneck calcuator and put my system specs in and it told me that my hardware should work great together with an average of a 1% bottleneck which is as close to perfection as you can get.
here are my system specs, please ask me any questions you need to ask and maybe I can figure out why I’m not getting better FPS. I thought with 8GB of GDDR5 memory i should be able to run most everything near ultra with 60FPS because before i upgraded, it seemed like the wall i was hitting was that with high graphics settings, I was using up all of my 4GB of VRAM and once it ate through that 4GB, my FPS would drop dramatically.
System Specs:
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.4GHz approx 116% of normal Liquid Cooled
AMD XFX RX 580 GTS Black Edition 1475Mhz Core 2020Mhz Memory, dialing up to 2100 for a 105% increase across the board
ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.
0 Motherboard
AMD 990FX (RD990) + SB920/SB950 Chipset
GPU is a PCIe 3.0 GPU, but my MoBo has PCIe 2.0 interface, I’ve read however that it shouldn’t pose a problem as no GPU has yet managed to take up all of the bandwidth offered by a PCIe 2.0 16x slot.
24GB DDR3-1600 SDRAM: 2x 4GB Kingston and 2x 8GB Corsair chips I customized the timings a bit a while back to: 11-11-11-30
The Kingston chips default timings are 10-10-10-30
The Corsair chips default timings are 10-10-10-27
It’s been a while since I’ve read up on overclocking RAM and now that I take a look at it, I’m wondering why I had to set it to 11 for the first 3 since smaller numbers are better for RAM timings. *Scratching my head*
My case is of monster size, Rosewill Thor V2, completely decked out with fans, my temperatures are always excellent, I’m never in danger of overheating. I’m about to set my gpu memory clock to 2100 and run 3dMark.
Another problem I’ve had since I’ve installed the RX580 which I’ve seen reported in other places, is that my BIOS splash screen is corrupted.
When I first power on the computer, my BIOS logo (Customized to an image of green code streaming down the screen from the Matrix using a feature included in my motherboard bios options) is all pixilated and purple. The Windows logo splash screen when windows loads is also purple and corrupted but once it gets to the login screen, everything is normal. I’m using Windows 10. From what I read, I think I need to upgrade my motherboard, but that would mean new mobo, ddr4 ram, and a new processor.
I got the card about a month ago, I may still be able to return it, or contact XFX and exchange it or get it fixed via warranty, however I have a suspicion that my other hardware just isn’t playing nice with this card. I love XFX so I would just want to replace it or get it fixed if it does have a problem.
Another issue I have which I fixed, and then it returned when I updated my drivers, is that when I run my 4th monitor which is a DVI-D interface, it’s an old monitor that doesn’t even do 1080, I use an adapter which is DP to DVI to give me the required DVI port to hook up the monitor, the mouse lags so absolutely terribly that my PC is basically unusable.