Rx 580 vs r9 290x: AMD R9 290X vs RX 580

AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X


Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 and AMD Radeon R9 290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.
Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark — G3D Mark, PassMark — G2D Mark, Geekbench — OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 580

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AMD Radeon R9 290X

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Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • 1096. 4x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 6.4x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark — G3D Mark: 8928 vs 8797
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench — OpenCL: 44351 vs 43067
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 8729
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 8729
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score: 4342 vs 3981













Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate 192. 96 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
PassMark — G3D Mark 8928 vs 8797
Geekbench — OpenCL 44351 vs 43067
GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 vs 8729
GFXBench 4. 0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 vs 8729
3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score 4342 vs 3981

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • Around 22% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2304
  • 908.4x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark — G2D Mark: 790 vs 774
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s): 117.322 vs 116.142
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1022.932
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.12 vs 9.235
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 84.034
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 628.757 vs 607.721
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3695
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3695













Pipelines 2816 vs 2304
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
PassMark — G2D Mark 790 vs 774
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s) 117.322 vs 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2460.464 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s) 11. 12 vs 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s) 120.942 vs 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 628.757 vs 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames) 7055 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps) 7055 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks


GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X
















PassMark — G3D Mark

GPU 1
GPU 2


PassMark — G2D Mark

GPU 1
GPU 2


Geekbench — OpenCL

GPU 1
GPU 2


CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1
GPU 2

116.142

117.322

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1
GPU 2

1022.932

2460.464

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1
GPU 2


CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1
GPU 2

84.034

120.942

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1
GPU 2

607.721

628.757

GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1
GPU 2


GFXBench 4. 0 — Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1
GPU 2


GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1
GPU 2


GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1
GPU 2


GFXBench 4. 0 — Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1
GPU 2


GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1
GPU 2


3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score

GPU 1
GPU 2


















Name AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark — G3D Mark 8928 8797
PassMark — G2D Mark 774 790
Geekbench — OpenCL 44351 43067
CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1022.932 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 8729
GFXBench 4. 0 — Manhattan (Frames) 3695 7055
GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3353
GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 8729
GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps) 3695 7055
GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3353
3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score 4342 3981

Compare specifications (specs)














































AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD Radeon R9 290X
Architecture GCN 4. 0 GCN 2.0
Code name Polaris 20 Hawaii
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $549
Place in performance rating 252 207
Price now $169. 99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 76.21
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz 947 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 2816
Pixel fill rate 42. 88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304 2560
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 176.0 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 6,200 million
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3. 0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support

PCIe 3.0
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4. 5 4.6
Vulkan
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory

0
4K h364 Decode
4K h364 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
h365/HEVC Decode
h365/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
DDMA audio

HD3D

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Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon R9 290X


Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon R9 290X


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  • Radeon RX 580

    113%

  • Radeon R9 290X

    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580
13% higher gaming performance.
140 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580

The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).

Core Configuration
Radeon RX 580 Radeon R9 290X
GPU Name Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) vs Hawaii (Hawaii XT)
Fab Process 14 nm vs 28 nm
Die Size 232 mm² vs 438 mm²
Transistors 5,700 million vs 6,200 million
Shaders 2304 vs 2816
Compute Units 36 vs 44
Core clock 1120 MHz vs 1000 MHz
ROPs 32 vs 64
TMUs 144 vs 176

Memory Configuration
Radeon RX 580 Radeon R9 290X
Memory Type GDDR5 vs GDDR5
Bus Width 256 bit vs 512 bit
Memory Speed 2000 MHz

8000 MHz effective
vs 1250 MHz


5000 MHz effective
Memory Size 8192 Mb vs 4096 Mb
Additional details
Radeon RX 580 Radeon R9 290X
TDP 150 watts vs 290 watts
Release Date 1 Apr 2017 vs 24 Oct 2013
  • Radeon RX 580

    40. 50 GP/s

  • Radeon R9 290X

    64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels — higher is better

  • Radeon RX 580

    182.30 GT/s

  • Radeon R9 290X

    176.00 GT/s

GigaTexels — higher is better

  • Radeon RX 580

    256.00 GB/s

  • Radeon R9 290X

    320.00 GB/s

GB/s — higher is better

  • Radeon RX 580

    5834.00 GFLOPs

  • Radeon R9 290X

    5632.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs — higher is better

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580

    75

  • Radeon R9 290X

    68

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580

    89

  • Radeon R9 290X

    83

FPS (higher is better)

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX 580

    80

  • Radeon R9 290X

    60

FPS (higher is better)

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580

    63

  • Radeon R9 290X

    49

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580

    52

  • Radeon R9 290X

    50

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580

    61

  • Radeon R9 290X

    58

FPS (higher is better)

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX 580

    54

  • Radeon R9 290X

    43

FPS (higher is better)

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580

    46

  • Radeon R9 290X

    39

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580

    28

  • Radeon R9 290X

    28

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580

    31

  • Radeon R9 290X

    31

FPS (higher is better)

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX 580

    28

  • Radeon R9 290X

    24

FPS (higher is better)

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580

    26

  • Radeon R9 290X

    24

FPS (higher is better)

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