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Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 6800

Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 6800: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 2549 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800

  • Performs up to 138% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Radeon R9 290 - 88 vs 37 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
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This is a free version of A Plague Tale: Requiem.
A Plague Tale: Requiem

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


FPS

37

42%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Radeon RX 6800 Logo
Radeon RX 6800

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020


FPS

88

100%

Value, €/FPS

€6.63/FPS

100%

Price, €

€583.82

100%

FPS and Value Winner

SAPPHIRE Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6

Buy for 583.82 on Amazon

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

AMD Radeon RX 6800 Logo
Radeon RX 6800

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

30%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

30%

AMD Radeon RX 6800 Logo
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 Logo

Radeon R9 290

vs
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Logo

Radeon RX 6800

Nov 5th, 2013Release Date
Oct 28th, 2020
Volcanic IslandsGenerationNavi II
$399
MSRP$579
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors2x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
16 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
512-bitBus256-bit
320 GB/sBandwidth
512 GB/s
947 MHzBase Clock Speed
1700 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed2105 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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