RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon R9 290

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 290 with RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

R9 290
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 275 Watt
20.97

RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms R9 290 by an impressive 89% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking256106
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.89no data
Power efficiency5.5124.83
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiino data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 November 2013 (10 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25603072
Core clock speed947 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate151.5no data
Floating-point processing power4.849 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 290 20.97
RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile 39.54
+88.6%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 290 8093
RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile 15259
+88.5%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R9 290 11860
RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile 21379
+80.3%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.97 39.54
Recency 5 November 2013 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile has a 88.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 139.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 290 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 290 is a desktop card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook one.


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