AMD · 2013
AMD RadeonR9 290X
The AMD Radeon R9 290X is a high-end graphics card released in October 2013, based on the GCN 2nd generation architecture.
The AMD Radeon R9 290X is a graphics card released on October 24, 2013, with a launch MSRP of $549 USD. It is built on the GCN 2nd generation architecture and uses the Hawaii XT GPU chip fabricated on a 28 nm process. The card features 2816 shading units, a base clock of 1000 MHz, and 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s. It has a board power (TDP) of 250 W and connects via PCIe 3.0 ×16. The R9 290X is designed for high-performance gaming and was a flagship model in AMD's Radeon R9 series.
Benchmarks
| PassMark G3D Mark | 8,794 |
|---|---|
| PassMark G2D Mark | 787 |
| Geekbench 5 OpenCL | 43,067 |
| Geekbench 5 Vulkan | 48,969 |
| Nero Score AVC encode | 3,436 fps |
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | GCN 2nd gen |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | Hawaii XT |
| Process node unverified | 28 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 2816 |
| Base clock unverified | 1000 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 4 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus unverified | 512 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 320 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 250 W |
| Bus interface unverified | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| Release date unverified | 2013-10-24 |
| Release year unverified | 2013 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 549 USD |