Radeon RX 5600 OEM vs R9 M290X Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire with Radeon RX 5600 OEM, including specs and performance data.

R9 M290X Crossfire
2014
2x 4 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
17.25

5600 OEM outperforms R9 M290X Crossfire by an impressive 70% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking364227
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.7315.27
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameNeptune CFNavi 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2014 (12 years ago)21 January 2020 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores25602048
Core clock speed850 MHz1130 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors2x 2800 Million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data199.7
Floating-point processing powerno data6.39 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data128
L2 Cacheno data3 MB

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
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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 HD62
−38%
100−110

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 95−100 160−170
+61.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 60−65
+62.2%
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35 55−60
+66.7%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 35−40 65−70
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 70−75 120−130
+62.2%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100 160−170
+61.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 60−65
+62.2%
Far Cry 5 55−60 95−100
+63.8%
Fortnite 95−100 160−170
+68.4%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75 120−130
+66.7%
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35 55−60
+66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70 110−120
+66.7%
Valorant 130−140 220−230
+64.2%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 70−75 120−130
+62.2%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100 160−170
+61.6%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230 350−400
+59.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 60−65
+62.2%
Dota 2 100−110 170−180
+63.5%
Far Cry 5 55−60 95−100
+63.8%
Fortnite 95−100 160−170
+68.4%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75 120−130
+66.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70 110−120
+69.2%
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35 55−60
+66.7%
Metro Exodus 35−40 60−65
+57.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70 110−120
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50 80−85
+66.7%
Valorant 130−140 220−230
+64.2%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 70−75 120−130
+62.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 60−65
+62.2%
Dota 2 100−110 170−180
+63.5%
Far Cry 5 55−60 95−100
+63.8%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75 120−130
+66.7%
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35 55−60
+66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70 110−120
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50 80−85
+66.7%
Valorant 130−140 220−230
+64.2%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 95−100 160−170
+68.4%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 35−40 55−60
+57.1%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130 210−220
+62.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30 45−50
+55.2%
Metro Exodus 21−24 35−40
+52.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170 280−290
+69.7%
Valorant 150−160 260−270
+67.7%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55 85−90
+70%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 27−30
+68.8%
Far Cry 5 35−40 65−70
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45 70−75
+59.1%
Hogwarts Legacy 18−20 30−33
+57.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27 40−45
+53.8%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45 65−70
+62.5%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 14−16 24−27
+60%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35 50−55
+56.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12 18−20
+63.6%
Metro Exodus 14−16 21−24
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27 40−45
+60%
Valorant 90−95 150−160
+66.7%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27 40−45
+53.8%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 24−27
+60%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 10−11
+42.9%
Dota 2 60−65 100−105
+61.3%
Far Cry 5 20−22 30−33
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35 50−55
+61.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12 18−20
+63.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18 27−30
+58.8%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20 30−33
+66.7%

This is how R9 M290X Crossfire and RX 5600 OEM compete in popular games:

  • RX 5600 OEM is 61% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 17.25 29.36
Recency 1 March 2014 21 January 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 150 Watt

RX 5600 OEM has a 70% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5600 OEM 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 graphics card while Radeon RX 5600 OEM is a desktop one.

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