ATI Radeon X1900 XTX vs R9 290X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	286	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.89	no data
Power efficiency	4.63	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	Hawaii	R580
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	24 October 2013 (11 years ago)	24 January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	2816	no data
Core clock speed	no data	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	947 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,200 million	384 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	135 Watt
Texture fill rate	176.0	10.40
Floating-point processing power	5.632 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	16
TMUs	176	16

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm	242 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	775 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	49.6 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.3	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial)
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 October 2013	24 January 2006
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	135 Watt

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