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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms the cheaper Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 2549 days newer than the cheaper Radeon R9 290.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290
- Up to 17% cheaper than Radeon RX 6800 - $218.63 vs $263.23
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800
- Performs up to 102% better in Elden Ring than Radeon R9 290 - 105 vs 52 FPS
- Consumes up to 9% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 250 vs 275 Watts
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 16 vs 4 GB
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)
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XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
60.61 GPixel/s
29.990103908955962%
Texel Fillrate
151.5 GTexel/s
29.98812351543943%
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
202.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R9 290 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$399 | MSRP | $579 |
| 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 |
| 947 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1700 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2105 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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