The Radeon R9 290 is the comparison's loser – it's a slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 590 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $179.01 more expensive!
Advantages of the Radeon R9 290
The Radeon RX 590 is better in every way
Advantages of the Radeon RX 590
- A much faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 60% cheaper – $119.99 vs $299.00
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Consumes up to 36% less energy – 175 vs 275 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB
Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 590 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
Radeon RX 590
Nov 15th, 2018
Average FPS
98
100%
Min 1% FPS
72
100%
Price, $
$119.99
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.22/FPS
100%
Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 590 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 590 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 590 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
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 all specifications
Radeon R9 290 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Nov 15th, 2018 |
| $399.00 | MSRP | $279.00 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Polaris |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 275 W | Power Consumption | 175 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 | 49.44 GPixel/s |
| 151.5 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 222.5 GTexel/s |
| 4.849 TFLOPS | FP32 | 7.119 TFLOPS |
