GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire with GeForce RTX 4090, including specs and performance data.

R9 M290X Crossfire
2014
2x 4 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
19.06

RTX 4090 outperforms R9 M290X Crossfire by a whopping 425% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2931
Place by popularitynot in top-1006
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.83
Power efficiency6.5315.23
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNeptune CFAD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2014 (10 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599

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 cores256016384
Core clock speed850 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors2x 2800 Million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,290
Floating-point processing powerno data82.58 TFLOPS
ROPsno data176
TMUsno data512
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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 data304 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 GB24 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.01 TB/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 19.06
RTX 4090 100.00
+425%

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 4090 104598
+639%

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 4090 137609
+320%

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 4090 73447
+596%

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 4090 260357
+262%

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 HD64
−305%
259
+305%
1440p35−40
−471%
200
+471%
4K27−30
−430%
143
+430%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data6.17
1440pno data8.00
4Kno data11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−626%
225
+626%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−434%
235
+434%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−770%
287
+770%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−275%
240−250
+275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−200%
120−130
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−616%
222
+616%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−157%
110−120
+157%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−279%
200−210
+279%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−139%
290−300
+139%
Hitman 3 35−40
−231%
120−130
+231%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−271%
350−400
+271%
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
−611%
450−500
+611%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−69.2%
150−160
+69.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−361%
200−210
+361%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−652%
248
+652%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−275%
240−250
+275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−200%
120−130
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−590%
214
+590%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−157%
110−120
+157%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−279%
200−210
+279%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−139%
290−300
+139%
Hitman 3 35−40
−231%
120−130
+231%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−271%
350−400
+271%
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
−743%
548
+743%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−448%
240−250
+448%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−69.2%
150−160
+69.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−307%
179
+307%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−567%
220
+567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−200%
120−130
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−577%
210
+577%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−157%
110−120
+157%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−139%
290−300
+139%
Hitman 3 35−40
−231%
120−130
+231%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−315%
394
+315%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−732%
541
+732%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−593%
305
+593%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−68.1%
153
+68.1%

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
−675%
155
+675%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−917%
183
+917%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−273%
80−85
+273%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−1300%
154
+1300%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−265%
80−85
+265%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−146%
270−280
+146%
Hitman 3 21−24
−500%
130−140
+500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−870%
388
+870%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−311%
152
+311%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−1160%
504
+1160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−1065%
268
+1065%
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
−2.9%
105
+2.9%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−576%
140−150
+576%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−1305%
281
+1305%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−900%
120
+900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−1100%
120
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−373%
50−55
+373%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1900%
80
+1900%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−848%
250−260
+848%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1182%
282
+1182%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−1363%
117
+1363%

4K
Epic Preset

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

This is how R9 M290X Crossfire and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is 305% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 is 471% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 is 430% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 1900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed R9 M290X Crossfire in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.06 100.00
Recency 1 March 2014 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 450 Watt

R9 M290X Crossfire has 125% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 424.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 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 4090 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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AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
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