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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms 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 XT is 2549 days newer than Radeon R9 290.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290
- Consumes up to 8% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 275 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Performs up to 79% better in Rust than Radeon R9 290 - 177 vs 99 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 16 vs 4 GB
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
177
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.92/FPS
100%
Price, £
£694.45
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Powercolor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 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 290 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$399 | 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 |
| 947 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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