GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, including specs and performance data.

R9 M290X Crossfire
2014
2x 4 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
18.98

RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms R9 M290X Crossfire by a whopping 367% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2895
Place by popularitynot in top-10058
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data38.12
Power efficiency6.8520.00
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNeptune CFAD103
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2014 (10 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores256010240
Core clock speed850 MHz2295 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors2x 2800 Million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rateno data816.0
Floating-point processing powerno data52.22 TFLOPS
ROPsno data112
TMUsno data320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data310 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1438 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data736.3 GB/s
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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 M290X Crossfire 18.98
RTX 4080 SUPER 88.64
+367%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R9 M290X Crossfire 32792
RTX 4080 SUPER 141652
+332%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R9 M290X Crossfire 14147
RTX 4080 SUPER 87055
+515%

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 M290X Crossfire 10551
RTX 4080 SUPER 59075
+460%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 M290X Crossfire 71977
RTX 4080 SUPER 187847
+161%

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 HD61
−331%
263
+331%
1440p35−40
−431%
186
+431%
4K24−27
−392%
118
+392%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−434%
235
+434%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−752%
281
+752%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−275%
240−250
+275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−200%
120−130
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−157%
110−120
+157%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−279%
200−210
+279%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−116%
260−270
+116%
Hitman 3 35−40
−231%
120−130
+231%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−228%
300−350
+228%
Metro Exodus 65−70
−128%
150−160
+128%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−134%
120−130
+134%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−511%
350−400
+511%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−69.2%
150−160
+69.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−677%
342
+677%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−618%
237
+618%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−275%
240−250
+275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−200%
120−130
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−157%
110−120
+157%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−279%
200−210
+279%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−116%
260−270
+116%
Hitman 3 35−40
−231%
120−130
+231%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−228%
300−350
+228%
Metro Exodus 65−70
−128%
150−160
+128%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−134%
120−130
+134%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−774%
568
+774%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−361%
200−210
+361%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−69.2%
150−160
+69.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−259%
158
+259%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−533%
209
+533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−200%
120−130
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−157%
110−120
+157%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−164%
322
+164%
Hitman 3 35−40
−231%
120−130
+231%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−347%
425
+347%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−711%
527
+711%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−498%
263
+498%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−59.3%
145
+59.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−134%
120−130
+134%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−337%
160−170
+337%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
−273%
110−120
+273%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−575%
135
+575%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−817%
165
+817%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−273%
80−85
+273%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−265%
80−85
+265%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−146%
270−280
+146%
Hitman 3 21−24
−461%
120−130
+461%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−763%
345
+763%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−362%
171
+362%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−893%
397
+893%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−861%
221
+861%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−105%
240−250
+105%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−291%
120−130
+291%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−363%
85−90
+363%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−360%
65−70
+360%
Hitman 3 14−16
−453%
80−85
+453%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
+20%
85
−20%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−576%
140−150
+576%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−920%
204
+920%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−700%
96
+700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−890%
99
+890%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−373%
50−55
+373%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−1030%
305
+1030%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−814%
201
+814%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−913%
81
+913%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−553%
110−120
+553%

This is how R9 M290X Crossfire and RTX 4080 SUPER compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 331% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 431% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 392% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M290X Crossfire is 20% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4080 SUPER is 1030% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R9 M290X Crossfire is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is ahead in 65 tests (98%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.98 88.64
Recency 1 March 2014 8 January 2024
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 320 Watt

R9 M290X Crossfire has 60% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 367% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is a desktop 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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