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AMD Radeon R9 290X

Graphics Processor
Hawaii
Cores
2816
TMUs
176
ROPs
64
Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
512 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The Radeon R9 290X was a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched on October 24th, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Hawaii graphics processor, in its Hawaii XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon R9 290X. The Hawaii graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 438 mm² and 6,200 million transistors. It features 2816 shading units, 176 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. AMD has paired 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon R9 290X, which are connected using a 512-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1000 MHz, memory is running at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon R9 290X draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 290 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon R9 290X is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 275 mm x 109 mm x 36 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 549 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Hawaii
GPU Variant
Hawaii XT
(215-0852000)
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
6,200 million
Density
14.2M / mm²
Die Size
438 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Oct 24th, 2013
Generation
Volcanic Islands
(R9 200)
Predecessor
Sea Islands
Successor
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
549 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
147 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
2%
GeForce 9400 GT
3%
Radeon HD 4550
4%
Radeon HD 5450
5%
Radeon HD 6450
5%
GeForce GT 520
6%
GeForce GT 220
7%
GeForce GT 430
9%
Radeon HD 5570
9%
Radeon HD 4670
10%
GeForce GT 440
11%
GeForce GT 240
11%
GeForce 9600 GT
12%
Radeon HD 5670
13%
GeForce GT 640
14%
GeForce 9800 GT
15%
Radeon HD 6670
15%
Radeon HD 4830
16%
Radeon HD 4770
17%
Radeon HD 4850
18%
GeForce GTS 250
18%
GeForce GTS 450
19%
Radeon HD 5750
19%
Radeon HD 7750
22%
Radeon HD 5770
22%
GeForce GTX 260
23%
Radeon HD 4870
23%
Radeon Vega 8
23%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
23%
GeForce GTX 650
23%
Radeon HD 5830
25%
Radeon HD 6790
26%
Radeon HD 4890
26%
GeForce GTX 460
27%
Radeon RX Vega 11
28%
GeForce GT 1030
28%
GeForce GTX 275
28%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
28%
GeForce GTX 280
28%
GeForce GTX 465
29%
Radeon HD 6850
30%
GeForce GTX 285
31%
Radeon HD 5850
33%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
34%
Radeon HD 7790
34%
Radeon RX 550
35%
GeForce GTX 470
35%
Radeon HD 6870
36%
Radeon HD 5870
39%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
40%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
40%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
41%
Radeon HD 6950
41%
GeForce GTX 295
43%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
43%
Radeon HD 7850
44%
GeForce GTX 480
44%
Radeon HD 6970
46%
Radeon R7 265
47%
Radeon RX 460
48%
Radeon R7 370
48%
GeForce GTX 660
48%
GeForce GTX 570
48%
Radeon RX 560
49%
GeForce GTX 950
52%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
53%
Radeon R9 270X
54%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
55%
GeForce GTX 580
55%
GeForce GTX 1050
55%
Radeon HD 7950
55%
GeForce GTX 1630
56%
Radeon HD 5970
57%
GeForce GTX 760
58%
GeForce GTX 670
63%
GeForce GTX 960
64%
Radeon R9 380
66%
Radeon R9 285
66%
Radeon HD 7970
67%
GeForce GTX 680
68%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
69%
GeForce GTX 770
71%
Radeon HD 6990
73%
Radeon R9 280X
74%
GeForce GTX 590
75%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
75%
GeForce GTX 780
84%
Arc A380
84%
Radeon RX 6400
85%
GeForce GTX 1650
87%
Radeon RX 470
92%
Radeon R9 290
93%
Radeon RX 570
98%
Radeon R9 390
99%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
GeForce GTX 970
101%
GeForce GTX TITAN
103%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
104%
Radeon R9 390X
106%
Radeon HD 7990
106%
Radeon RX 480
107%
GeForce GTX 690
107%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
110%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
112%
Radeon RX 580
113%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
114%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
115%
GeForce GTX 980
116%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
117%
Radeon R9 FURY
117%
Radeon RX 590
122%
Radeon R9 295X2
129%
GeForce GTX 1660
129%
Radeon R9 FURY X
131%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
133%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
137%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
141%
GeForce GTX 1070
149%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
149%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
151%
Radeon RX Vega 56
158%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
168%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
170%
Radeon RX Vega 64
173%
GeForce GTX 1080
175%
GeForce RTX 2060
175%
Radeon RX 5700
182%
Arc A580
183%
Radeon RX 6600
190%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
197%
GeForce RTX 2070
199%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
199%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
203%
Arc A750
210%
Radeon VII
211%
TITAN X Pascal
216%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
219%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
223%
Arc A770
225%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
225%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
237%
Radeon RX 7600
240%
GeForce RTX 4060
241%
GeForce RTX 2080
242%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
247%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
254%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
260%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
269%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
286%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
289%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
291%
GeForce RTX 3070
305%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
326%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
330%
Radeon RX 6800
336%
GeForce RTX 4070
372%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
382%
GeForce RTX 3080
396%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
400%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
411%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
432%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
440%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
444%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
444%
GeForce RTX 3090
452%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
463%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
506%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
520%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
524%
GeForce RTX 4080
589%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
598%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
603%
GeForce RTX 4090
740%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
1000 MHz
Memory Clock
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
512 bit
Bandwidth
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
2816
TMUs
176
ROPs
64
Compute Units
44
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
176.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
275 mm
10.8 inches
Width
109 mm
4.3 inches
Height
36 mm
1.4 inches
TDP
290 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board Number
109-C67157-00_02,
109-C67157-00C_03

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5

Hawaii GPU Notes

Generation: Volcanic Islands
Desktop Variant: Grenada / Vesuvius
Codename: Ibiza
Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx701 / gfx702)
Display Core Engine: 8.5
Unified Video Decoder: 4.2
Video Compression Engine: 2.0
System DMA: 1.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.1.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Retail boards based on this design (58)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
950 MHz 1125 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 287 mm/11.3 inches
1050 MHz 1350 MHz 287 mm/11.3 inches
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 287 mm/11.3 inches
1050 MHz 1350 MHz 297 mm/11.7 inches
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1050 MHz 1350 MHz 308 mm/12.1 inches
1030 MHz 1375 MHz 8 GB, 308 mm/12.1 inches
1030 MHz 1250 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 310 mm/12.2 inches
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 294 mm/11.6 inches
1040 MHz 1250 MHz 294 mm/11.6 inches
1100 MHz 1500 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 297 mm/11.7 inches
1040 MHz 1350 MHz 297 mm/11.7 inches
1080 MHz 1250 MHz
1080 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1020 MHz 1250 MHz 276 mm/10.9 inches
1030 MHz 1250 MHz 276 mm/10.9 inches
1030 MHz 1375 MHz 8 GB, 276 mm/10.9 inches
1080 MHz 1250 MHz 302 mm/11.9 inches
1030 MHz 1250 MHz 302 mm/11.9 inches
1060 MHz 1350 MHz
1050 MHz 1350 MHz 267 mm/10.5 inches
1030 MHz 1375 MHz 8 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 267 mm/10.5 inches
1030 MHz 1250 MHz
1030 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1100 MHz 1400 MHz 305 mm/12 inches
1010 MHz 1250 MHz 305 mm/12 inches
1040 MHz 1300 MHz 305 mm/12 inches
1020 MHz 1375 MHz 8 GB, 305 mm/12 inches
1030 MHz 1375 MHz 8 GB, 305 mm/12 inches
1030 MHz 1325 MHz 306 mm/12 inches
1080 MHz 1410 MHz 306 mm/12 inches
1100 MHz 1450 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1030 MHz 1250 MHz
1030 MHz 1250 MHz
1030 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz
1050 MHz 1250 MHz 295 mm/11.6 inches
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 295 mm/11.6 inches
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