AMD Radeon R9 290
VS
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
AMD Radeon R9 290
VS
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R9 290  vs  AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64.

166
Place in performance rating
94
GCN 2.0
Architecture
GCN 5.0
Hawaii
Code name
Vega 10
Desktop
Type
Workstation
5 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
27 June 2017 (4 years ago)
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$237 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$6074
25.21
Value for money
2.62
Hawaii
GPU code name
Vega 10
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 290  vs  AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2560
Pipelines
4096
947 MHz
Core clock speed
1250 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1350 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
12,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
275 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
151.5
Texture fill rate
345.6
4,849 gflops
Floating-point performance
11,059 gflops
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
no data
Boost clock speed
1350 MHz
6,200 million
Number of transistors
12,500 million
275 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 290 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64.

GDDR5
Memory type
HBM2
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
2048 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1572 MHz
320.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
402.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 290 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 290 or AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290

Cheaper ($237 (0.6x MSRP) vs $6074)

Advantages of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

15.67% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (4096 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (250 Watt vs 275 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (402.4 GB/s vs 320.0 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R9 290 or AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 .

AMD Radeon R9 290 versus AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.0 Out of 31 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 10 Hitesti Score