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AMD Radeon R9 290

Graphics Processor
Hawaii
Cores
2560
TMUs
160
ROPs
64
Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
512 bit
GPU Chip
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The Radeon R9 290 was a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched on November 5th, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Hawaii graphics processor, in its Hawaii PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon R9 290. The Hawaii graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 438 mm² and 6,200 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon R9 290X, which uses the same GPU but has all 2816 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon R9 290 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. AMD has paired 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon R9 290, which are connected using a 512-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 947 MHz, memory is running at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon R9 290 draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 275 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon R9 290 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 275 mm x 109 mm x 36 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 399 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Hawaii
GPU Variant
Hawaii PRO
(215-0852020)
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
6,200 million
Density
14.2M / mm²
Die Size
438 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Nov 5th, 2013
Generation
Volcanic Islands
(R9 200)
Predecessor
Sea Islands
Successor
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
399 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
69 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
2%
GeForce 9400 GT
3%
Radeon HD 4550
4%
Radeon HD 5450
5%
Radeon HD 6450
6%
GeForce GT 520
6%
GeForce GT 220
8%
GeForce GT 430
10%
Radeon HD 5570
10%
Radeon HD 4670
11%
GeForce GT 440
11%
GeForce GT 240
12%
GeForce 9600 GT
13%
Radeon HD 5670
14%
GeForce GT 640
15%
GeForce 9800 GT
16%
Radeon HD 6670
16%
Radeon HD 4830
17%
Radeon HD 4770
18%
Radeon HD 4850
19%
GeForce GTS 250
19%
GeForce GTS 450
20%
Radeon HD 5750
21%
Radeon HD 7750
24%
Radeon HD 5770
24%
GeForce GTX 260
24%
Radeon HD 4870
25%
Radeon Vega 8
25%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
25%
GeForce GTX 650
25%
Radeon HD 5830
27%
Radeon HD 6790
28%
Radeon HD 4890
28%
GeForce GTX 460
29%
Radeon RX Vega 11
30%
GeForce GT 1030
30%
GeForce GTX 275
30%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
30%
GeForce GTX 280
30%
GeForce GTX 465
31%
Radeon HD 6850
32%
GeForce GTX 285
33%
Radeon HD 5850
36%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
36%
Radeon HD 7790
36%
Radeon RX 550
38%
GeForce GTX 470
38%
Radeon HD 6870
39%
Radeon HD 5870
42%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
43%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
43%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
44%
Radeon HD 6950
44%
GeForce GTX 295
46%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
46%
Radeon HD 7850
47%
GeForce GTX 480
48%
Radeon HD 6970
50%
Radeon R7 265
51%
Radeon RX 460
52%
Radeon R7 370
52%
GeForce GTX 660
52%
GeForce GTX 570
52%
Radeon RX 560
53%
GeForce GTX 950
56%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
57%
Radeon R9 270X
58%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
59%
GeForce GTX 580
59%
GeForce GTX 1050
59%
Radeon HD 7950
59%
GeForce GTX 1630
61%
Radeon HD 5970
61%
GeForce GTX 760
62%
GeForce GTX 670
67%
GeForce GTX 960
69%
Radeon R9 380
71%
Radeon R9 285
71%
Radeon HD 7970
72%
GeForce GTX 680
72%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
74%
GeForce GTX 770
76%
Radeon HD 6990
78%
Radeon R9 280X
80%
GeForce GTX 590
81%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
81%
GeForce GTX 780
90%
Arc A380
90%
Radeon RX 6400
91%
GeForce GTX 1650
93%
Radeon RX 470
99%
Radeon R9 290
100%
Radeon RX 570
105%
Radeon R9 390
107%
Radeon R9 290X
107%
GeForce GTX 970
109%
GeForce GTX TITAN
110%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
112%
Radeon R9 390X
113%
Radeon HD 7990
114%
Radeon RX 480
114%
GeForce GTX 690
115%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
118%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
120%
Radeon RX 580
121%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
122%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
123%
GeForce GTX 980
124%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
125%
Radeon R9 FURY
126%
Radeon RX 590
131%
Radeon R9 295X2
138%
GeForce GTX 1660
139%
Radeon R9 FURY X
140%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
143%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
147%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
151%
GeForce GTX 1070
159%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
159%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
162%
Radeon RX Vega 56
170%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
180%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
183%
Radeon RX Vega 64
185%
GeForce GTX 1080
188%
GeForce RTX 2060
188%
Radeon RX 5700
195%
Arc A580
196%
Radeon RX 6600
204%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
211%
GeForce RTX 2070
214%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
214%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
218%
Arc A750
225%
Radeon VII
226%
TITAN X Pascal
232%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
234%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
239%
Arc A770
241%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
242%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
254%
Radeon RX 7600
257%
GeForce RTX 4060
258%
GeForce RTX 2080
260%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
265%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
273%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
279%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
289%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
307%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
310%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
312%
GeForce RTX 3070
327%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
350%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
353%
Radeon RX 6800
360%
GeForce RTX 4070
399%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
409%
GeForce RTX 3080
425%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
429%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
441%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
463%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
472%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
476%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
477%
GeForce RTX 3090
485%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
497%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
543%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
558%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
562%
GeForce RTX 4080
631%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
641%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
647%
GeForce RTX 4090
793%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
947 MHz
Memory Clock
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
512 bit
Bandwidth
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
2560
TMUs
160
ROPs
64
Compute Units
40
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
60.61 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
151.5 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
4.849 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
606.1 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
275 mm
10.8 inches
Width
109 mm
4.3 inches
Height
36 mm
1.4 inches
TDP
275 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board Number
109-C67157-00_02

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5

Hawaii GPU Notes

Generation: Volcanic Islands
Desktop Variant: Grenada / Vesuvius
Codename: Ibiza
Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx701 / gfx702)
Display Core Engine: 8.5
Unified Video Decoder: 4.2
Video Compression Engine: 2.0
System DMA: 1.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.1.0

Retail boards based on this design (38)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz 287 mm/11.3 inches
1000 MHz 1260 MHz 287 mm/11.3 inches
947 MHz 1250 MHz
1050 MHz 1250 MHz 308 mm/12.1 inches
975 MHz 1250 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz 310 mm/12.2 inches
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz 294 mm/11.6 inches
1040 MHz 1250 MHz 294 mm/11.6 inches
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz 297 mm/11.7 inches
967 MHz 1250 MHz 297 mm/11.7 inches
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz
977 MHz 1250 MHz 276 mm/10.9 inches
957 MHz 1250 MHz 276 mm/10.9 inches
1007 MHz 1250 MHz 276 mm/10.9 inches
1040 MHz 1350 MHz 267 mm/10.5 inches
975 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz
957 MHz 1250 MHz 305 mm/12 inches
1000 MHz 1300 MHz 305 mm/12 inches
1030 MHz 1400 MHz
1000 MHz 1400 MHz 306 mm/12 inches
1030 MHz 1400 MHz 306 mm/12 inches
1175 MHz 1450 MHz
1175 MHz 1450 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz
975 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz
980 MHz 1250 MHz 295 mm/11.6 inches
980 MHz 1250 MHz
947 MHz 1250 MHz 295 mm/11.6 inches
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