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
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3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 580 | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
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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 | |
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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 vs Radeon R9 290X
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Radeon RX 580
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 | |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit | |
Memory Speed | 2000 MHz 8000 MHz effective |
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Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
Radeon RX 580 | Radeon R9 290X | |||
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TDP | 150 watts | vs | 290 watts | |
Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
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Radeon RX 580
40. 50 GP/s
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Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels — higher is better
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Radeon RX 580
182.30 GT/s
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Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels — higher is better
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Radeon RX 580
256.00 GB/s
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Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s — higher is better
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Radeon RX 580
5834.00 GFLOPs
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Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs — higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
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Radeon RX 580
75
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Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
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Radeon RX 580
89
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Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
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Radeon RX 580
80
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Radeon R9 290X
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
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Radeon RX 580
63
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Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
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Radeon RX 580
52
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Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
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Radeon RX 580
61
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Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
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Radeon RX 580
54
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Radeon R9 290X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
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Radeon RX 580
46
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Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
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Radeon RX 580
28
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Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
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Radeon RX 580
31
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Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
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Radeon RX 580
28
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Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
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Radeon RX 580
26
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Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
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Radeon RX 580 | GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER |
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Radeon RX 580 | GeForce GTX 1060 |
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Radeon R9 290X | GeForce GTX 1650 |
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Radeon R9 290X | Radeon RX 570 |
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Radeon RX 5500 | GeForce GTX 1660 |
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GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 Nano |
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