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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD Radeon R9 290

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

415%
415%

AMD Radeon R9 290

26%
26%
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is approximately 389% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 21
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
4608
2560
TMUsDifferent
288
160
ROPsDifferent
128
64
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 21
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 21 XT(215-121000177)
Hawaii PRO(215-0852020)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 2.0
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
7 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
26,800 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
51.5M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
520 mm²
438 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2425
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Release DateDifferent
Oct 28th, 2020
Nov 5th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Nov 18th, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi II(RX 6000)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi III
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
399 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
57 in our database
69 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Base ClockDifferent
1825 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2015 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2250 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2000 MHz16 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
947 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Shading UnitsDifferent
4608
2560
TMUsDifferent
288
160
ROPsDifferent
128
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
72
40
RT CoresDifferent
72
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
1024 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
128 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Pixel RateDifferent
288.0 GPixel/s
60.61 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
648.0 GTexel/s
151.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
20.74 TFLOPS
4.849 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,296.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
606.1 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
120 mm4.7 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
275 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.12x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Part NumberDifferent
102-D41205
N/A
Board NumberDifferent
109-D412A7-00_03
109-C67157-00_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 290
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5

Comparison Summary

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