Radeon R9 290X2 vs RX 5600 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking141not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation56.05no data
Power efficiency17.01no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameNavi 10Hawaii
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 January 2020 (4 years ago)24 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $1,399

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 cores23042816
Core clock speed1130 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,300 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt580 Watt
Texture fill rate224.6176.0
Floating-point processing power7.188 TFLOPS5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs144176

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 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin4x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s345.6 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 January 2020 24 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 580 Watt

RX 5600 XT has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 286.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5600 XT and Radeon R9 290X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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