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
I/O
Top
PCB Front
PCB Back
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 640x480
- 1280x720
- 1366x768
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
- 3840x2160
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 290X2, 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, 1x DisplayPort. 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.
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, 1x DisplayPort. 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
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
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) performance
- 4.849 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double) performance
- 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
1x DisplayPort
- Power Connectors
- 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
- Board Number
- C671-57
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (12_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.0
- Vulkan
- 1.2
- Shader Model
- 6.3
Hawaii GPU Notes
| Architecture Codename: Volcanic Islands Codename: Ibiza CLRX Version: GCN 1.1 Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx701 GL) / (gfx702) Display Core Engine: 8.5 Unified Video Decoder: 4.2 Video Compression Engine: 2.0 |
Retail boards based on this design (37)
| Name | GPU Clock | Memory Clock | Other Changes |
|---|---|---|---|
ASUS R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
ASUS R9 290 Direct CU II
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | 287 mm/11.3 inches |
ASUS R9 290 DirectCU II OC
|
1000 MHz | 1260 MHz | 287 mm/11.3 inches |
Club 3D R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
Club 3D R9 290 royalAce
|
1050 MHz | 1250 MHz | 308 mm/12.1 inches |
Club 3D R9 290 royalKing
|
975 MHz | 1250 MHz | 270 mm/10.6 inches |
Diamond R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
Diamond R9 290 V2
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | 310 mm/12.2 inches |
GIGABYTE R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
GIGABYTE R9 290 Battlefield 4
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
GIGABYTE R9 290 WindForce 3X
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | 294 mm/11.6 inches |
GIGABYTE R9 290 WindForce 3X OC
|
1040 MHz | 1250 MHz | 294 mm/11.6 inches |
HIS R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
HIS R9 290 IceQ X2
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | 297 mm/11.7 inches |
HIS R9 290 IceQ X2 OC
|
967 MHz | 1250 MHz | 297 mm/11.7 inches |
MSI R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
MSI R9 290 Battlefield 4
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
MSI R9 290 Gaming
|
977 MHz | 1250 MHz | 276 mm/10.9 inches |
MSI R9 290 Gaming LE
|
957 MHz | 1250 MHz | 276 mm/10.9 inches |
MSI R9 290 Gaming OC
|
1007 MHz | 1250 MHz | 276 mm/10.9 inches |
PowerColor PCS+ R9 290
|
1040 MHz | 1350 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches |
PowerColor R9 290 OC
|
975 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
Sapphire R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
Sapphire R9 290 Battlefield 4
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
Sapphire Tri-X R9 290
|
957 MHz | 1250 MHz | 305 mm/12 inches |
Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 OC
|
1000 MHz | 1300 MHz | 305 mm/12 inches |
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 OC
|
1030 MHz | 1400 MHz | |
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 Tri-X
|
1000 MHz | 1400 MHz | 306 mm/12 inches |
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 Tri-X OC
|
1030 MHz | 1400 MHz | 306 mm/12 inches |
VisionTek CryoVenom R9 290
|
1175 MHz | 1450 MHz | |
VisionTek CryoVenom R9 290 LE
|
1175 MHz | 1450 MHz | |
VisionTek R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
VTX3D R9 290 X-Edition
|
975 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
XFX R9 290
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
XFX R9 290 Black Double Dissipation Edition
|
980 MHz | 1250 MHz | 295 mm/11.6 inches |
XFX R9 290 Black Edition
|
980 MHz | 1250 MHz | |
XFX R9 290 Double Dissipation Edition
|
947 MHz | 1250 MHz | 295 mm/11.6 inches |