Radeon Vega 7 vs R9 290

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 290 with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

R9 290
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 275 Watt
21.01
+181%

R9 290 outperforms Vega 7 by a whopping 181% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking262532
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.02no data
Power efficiency5.2411.38
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameHawaiiCezanne
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 November 2013 (11 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years 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 cores2560448
Core clock speed947 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate151.553.20
Floating-point processing power4.849 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs16028

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width512 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1250 MHzSystem Shared
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 outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

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 21.01
+181%
Vega 7 7.47

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
+254%
Vega 7 3348

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD60−65
+173%
22
−173%
1440p90−95
+181%
32
−181%
4K45−50
+181%
16
−181%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.65no data
1440p4.43no data
4K8.87no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.01 7.47
Recency 5 November 2013 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 45 Watt

R9 290 has a 181.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 511.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 290 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega 7 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 290 is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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