AMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
AMD Radeon RX 570

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 290X  vs  AMD Radeon RX 570.

191
Place in performance rating
198
13.90
Value for money (0-100)
54.96
GCN
Architecture
Polaris
Hawaii
Code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Type
Desktop
24 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
$169
$24 (0x MSRP)
Price now
$433 (2.6x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
35.36
Value for money
20.78
Hawaii XT
GPU code name
Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 290X  vs  AMD Radeon RX 570 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.

2816
Pipelines
2048
no data
Core clock speed
1168 MHz
947 MHz
Boost Clock
1244 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
176.0
Texture fill rate
159.2
5,632 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,095 gflops
2816
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
947 MHz
Boost clock speed
1244 MHz
6,200 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 290X and AMD Radeon RX 570 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
241 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 290X vs AMD Radeon RX 570.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

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 290X vs AMD Radeon RX 570.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
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+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 290X and AMD Radeon RX 570 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. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
6.3
Shader Model
6.4
2.0
OpenCL
2.0
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 290X and AMD Radeon RX 570 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 290X or AMD Radeon RX 570 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 570
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 570
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 570
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 570
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon RX 570
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 290X

2.12% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($24 (0x MSRP) vs $433 (2.6x MSRP))

More pipelines (2816 vs 2048)

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 570

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 290X or AMD Radeon RX 570?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290X .

AMD Radeon R9 290X versus AMD Radeon RX 570 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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375145 (100 %)

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User rating

3.9 Out of 58 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 869 Hitesti Score