The Radeon R9 290 is the comparison's loser – it's a slightly slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 580 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $139.01 more expensive!
Advantages of the Radeon R9 290
The Radeon RX 580 is better in every way
Advantages of the Radeon RX 580
- A faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 46% cheaper – $159.99 vs $299.00
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Consumes up to 33% less energy – 185 vs 275 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB
Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 580 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
Radeon RX 580
Apr 18th, 2017
Average FPS
70
100%
Min 1% FPS
35
100%
Price, $
$159.99
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.28/FPS
100%
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$159.99
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$236.54
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$94.98
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Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 580 in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 580 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 580 in core GPU 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
78%
FP32
4.849 TFLOPS
79%
Radeon RX 580
Apr 18th, 2017
Memory
8 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
80%
Pixel Fillrate
42.88 GPixel/s
71%
Texture Fillrate
193 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
6.175 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon R9 290 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Apr 18th, 2017 |
| $399.00 | MSRP | $229.00 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Polaris |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 275 W | Power Consumption | 185 W |
| Memory | ||
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 512-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
60.61 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 42.88 GPixel/s |
| 151.5 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 193 GTexel/s |
| 4.849 TFLOPS | FP32 | 6.175 TFLOPS |
