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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms Radeon R9 290X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 2561 days newer than Radeon R9 290X.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290X
- Consumes up to 3% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 290 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Performs up to 88% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Radeon R9 290X - 156 vs 83 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290X - 16 vs 4 GB
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
156
100%
Value, €/FPS
€9.09/FPS
100%
Price, €
€1418.47
100%
FPS and Value Winner
ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16G OC Edition Grafikkarte (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6 Speicher, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, GPU Tweak II, TUF-RX6800XT-O16G-GAMING), Schwarz, One Size
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon R9 290X
Desktop • Oct 24th, 2013
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
648 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R9 290X | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 24th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$549 | MSRP | $649 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 512-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
| 1000 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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