In Battlefield 6, the Radeon R9 290 is quite a bit slower than the Radeon RX 590. We cannot compare value as at least one GPU is out of stock.
Radeon R9 290
No clear advantages
Radeon RX 590
- Up to 90% faster in Battlefield 6 – 38 vs 20 FPS
- Up to 90% faster in Battlefield 6
- Is 5 years and 9 days newer – Nov 15, 2018 vs Nov 05, 2013
- Is 5 years and 9 days newer
- Consumes up to 36% less energy – 175 vs 275 Watts
- Consumes up to 36% less energy
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory
Battlefield 6 FPS Calculator
Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 590: Comparison of performance and price
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Radeon RX 590
Nov 15th, 2018
Average FPS
38 FPS
100%
Min 1% FPS
28 FPS
100%
Price, $
$128.99
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.39/FPS
100%
Synthetic Benchmarks
Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 590: Comparison of synthetic benchmarks
Performance Specifications
Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 590: Comparison of core performance specifications
Radeon R9 290
Nov 5th, 2013
Memory
4 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
320 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
60.61 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
151.5 GTexel/s
68%
FP32
4.849 TFLOPS
68%
Radeon RX 590
Nov 15th, 2018
Memory
8 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
80%
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
82%
Texture Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
7.119 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of core specifications
Radeon R9 290 Nov 5th, 2013 | SpecificationsComparison of core specifications | Radeon RX 590 Nov 15th, 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Released | Nov 15th, 2018 |
| $399.00 | MSRP | $279.00 |
| Volcanic Islands (R9 200) | Generation | Polaris (RX 500) |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 275 W | Power Consumption | 175 W |
