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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6600 XT is 2824 days newer than Radeon R9 290.
Advantages of Radeon RX 6600 XT
- Performs up to 48% better in Death Stranding than Radeon R9 290 - 130 vs 88 FPS
- Up to 41% better value when playing Death Stranding than Radeon R9 290 - $2.00 vs $3.40 per FPS
- Consumes up to 42% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 160 vs 275 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 8 vs 4 GB
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)
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Radeon RX 6600 XT
Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021
FPS
130
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2/FPS
100%
Price, $
$259.9
100%
FPS and Value Winner
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
165.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
331.4 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon R9 290 | vs | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Jul 30th, 2021 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
| $399 | MSRP | $379 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 512-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
| 947 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1968 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2589 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
PCs Using Radeon R9 290 or Radeon RX 6600 XT
With selected game settings
116 FPS
$7.29/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
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8 GB, N/A Storage
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